I just don’t know if it’s possible. Don’t know if what’s possible? For you to love me and be you.

“Evans’s greatest fear is having regrets. ‘Like always kind of wanting to be there as opposed to here. I think I’m worried all of a sudden I’ll get old and have regrets, realize that I’ve not cultivated enough of an appreciation for the now and surrendering to the present moment.’   Evans’s musings have something to do with the fact that he has been reading The Surrender Experiment.’"It’s about the basic notion that we are only in a good mood when things are going our way,’ he says. ‘The truth is, life is going to unfold as it’s going to unfold regardless of your input. If you are an active participant in that awareness, life kind of washes over you, good or bad. You kind of become Teflon a little bit to the struggles that we self-inflict.’” Interview by Maximillian Potter for Esquire

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Chris Evans for W Magazine.