Lifestyle: Chris Pine's Tips for Success

Set phasers to STUNNING! 'Star Trek' stud Chris Pine is keeping it hot at 30 today.

His cheating ways break my heart. You said I was the only one, Chris. You bitch!

His breakthrough success in 'Star Trek' came with a ginormous amount of pressure. Every decision seemed like a major milestone, because he was afraid to fuck up. The problem with this is that you aren't looking forward because you're too busy imagining what it'll feel like to look backward, wondering what you should have done instead. "I think the most dangerous word in the English language is should," the actor says. "I should have done this. Or I should do that. Should implies responsibility. It connotes demand. Which is just not the case. Life ebbs and flows."

"You don't have control over your situation. But you have a choice about how you view it." His from of therapy? "I talk to myself, especially in the car. I do it to work through ideas, or if I'm pissed off. I use the interior of the car like it's a [therapist's office]," he says.

Using the buddy system with Zachary Quinto.

More of Chris's tips for success:

Be Your Own Captain: Face life head on.

Respect the past, but don't mimic it: To become James T. Kirk, he stopped watching William Shatner and began to focus on himself.

Be ready and willing to fail: "You realize your failures weren't even failures," he adds. "You just weren't as good as you thought you'd be."

Perspective is everything: "I play a make-believe captain of a make-believe spaceship. Responsibility is only what you place on yourself."