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In terms of the movie business, being in a 'Lord of the Rings' has given me more interesting options as work. — Viggo Mortensen

I've been naked physically in movies - but it's a whole other thing to be naked emotionally in a way that's not just a distraction or a character. — Viggo Mortensen

I've never met a bug that hasn't made me jump. — Denise Dowling Mortensen

In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting. — Viggo Mortensen

A nation that fails to recognize and appreciate history is destined for decay. — Mark Mortensen

Is it true? You had a clean getaway and risked it all for me?"
I Swallowed. "It wouldn't have been a clean getaway without you. — Richelle Mead

I have a work ethic. If I say I'm going to do something, I do it. — Viggo Mortensen

It doesn't take that many years for a kid to realise that they're going to die. It's always there in the back of their mind the rest of their lives. — Viggo Mortensen

If you don't find some way to discuss what's going on inside you, it can come out in other ways that are self-destructive. — Viggo Mortensen

Joseph Campbell said the privilege of a lifetime is being yourself. That's his feeling. And I guess it's mine too. — Viggo Mortensen

When I land in a country and they ask for 'occupation,' I always just put 'artist.' I think that covers all of it. — Viggo Mortensen

The first decade of your life is really important; it's formative. — Viggo Mortensen

Usually the characters I play are men of few words, who communicate in non-verbal ways. — Viggo Mortensen

Economics is a strange science. Our subject deals with some of the most important as well as mundane issues that impinge on the human condition. — Dale T. Mortensen

I like movies that leave you with something to think about, to discuss, to debate, you know? — Viggo Mortensen

My goal is just to make movies, whether they're big or small, that I'd like to see 10 years from now. — Viggo Mortensen

Because of the internet, satellite TV, and the digital world, you can stay in touch, you can learn about other people from a young age. — Viggo Mortensen

I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy. — Viggo Mortensen

With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of. — Viggo Mortensen

If you tell the story emotionally in a truthful way, then you start naturally looking at the landscape and thinking "Wow, we have to watch out." — Viggo Mortensen

The money I earn from films means I can help the people I want to help - you can do a lot of good if you want to. — Viggo Mortensen

I think, on a surface level, people are surprised to see me playing such a passive role in 'Good.' — Viggo Mortensen

Oh God," I groaned, "Seth Mortensen just said 'fucking' out loud. The end of times are near. — Richelle Mead

I think every family is dysfunctional, and some manage to control it better than others. — Viggo Mortensen

I don't like people who get into fights about football - or anything else. — Viggo Mortensen

You can't really go back to where you came from. I don't think any of us can. — Viggo Mortensen

Having a mixed background and feeling a little bit like a fish out of water in most places can be a benefit. — Viggo Mortensen

I mean, any movie or story that makes you accept and be grateful for something about your life is doing something right. — Viggo Mortensen

Any nominations a movie gets helps to raise the level of curiosity in the public, so in that sense awards and nominations are important. — Viggo Mortensen

Every great achievement is but a small peak in the mountain range of contributions. — Dale T. Mortensen

I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are. — Viggo Mortensen

Can you join, ask sincerely for affection
without sweaty hand of expectation,
understanding and accepting
if it never is given? — Viggo Mortensen

It's always interesting to play a character that obviously has a secret. — Viggo Mortensen

'The Road' was a movie that has a good reputation, even though it wasn't released very well, but that's a movie I'm very proud of. — Viggo Mortensen

You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid. — Viggo Mortensen

There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever. — Viggo Mortensen

In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades. — Viggo Mortensen

A lot of people can forget about you in Los Angeles. — Viggo Mortensen

Do not even suggest jazz. I saw Newsies and was traumatized for, like, five years. — Richelle Mead

You know, 'Viggo' is a pretty dorky name in Denmark. It's like 'Oswald' or something. It's a very old Scandinavian name, at least 1,000 years old. — Viggo Mortensen

We often live in the past a lot more than we probably realize. — Viggo Mortensen

I'd like to, when it's all said and done, say that I have at least a few stories that I feel proud of. — Viggo Mortensen

I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed. — Viggo Mortensen

I have a roof over my head. I had a breakfast, and a lot of people in the world can't say that. I'm not going to complain about being interviewed. — Viggo Mortensen

The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different. — Viggo Mortensen

It's hard not to get depressed when you pay attention to the world and how strangely and corrupt the people in it sometimes behave. — Viggo Mortensen

In the end, the actor's main power is the power to say, 'No.' — Viggo Mortensen

You don't have to make something that people call art. Living is an artistic activity, there is an art to getting through the day. — Viggo Mortensen

You can't really divorce yourself and your life from the world you live in. — Viggo Mortensen

What art does is it makes you feel alive and makes you feel like you're connected. — Viggo Mortensen

I'm not that involved in personal grooming. But I try not to be offensive to people. — Viggo Mortensen

He [Viggo Mortensen] was standing behind the camera throwing the apples ... And I've never seen him so happy. — Billy Boyd

We all have secrets, some secrets bigger than others, is a normal human thing. — Viggo Mortensen

You have a moral obligation to finish the job you said you would do. — Viggo Mortensen

Those who have the power and should be the most responsible are often the least responsible. — Viggo Mortensen

I don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either. — Viggo Mortensen

When I have a day off, I won't spend it at a Hollywood party. I'd rather be at home with paints and a blank canvas. — Viggo Mortensen

It's very rare you get a great script just handed to you, or sent to you, by someone you don't know. — Viggo Mortensen

Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense. — Viggo Mortensen

Emotion may be expressed, or the utter lack of it may be expressed, but the only important fact is that of expression. — William Mortensen

You do need to get lucky, no matter how talented you are. — Viggo Mortensen

There's no sense in doing something, especially if it's a hard job, if you can't have a little fun. — Viggo Mortensen

Most movies are lucky to have one moment, one shot that you look at and you always remember that moment and that scene. — Viggo Mortensen

Photography, painting or poetry - those are just extensions of me, how I perceive things; they are my way of communicating. — Viggo Mortensen

I don't think Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell fear competition from me in their arena. — Viggo Mortensen

Most actors can't make any kind of living. — Viggo Mortensen

I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting. — Viggo Mortensen

I'm an optimist; I always hope that each new script is going to be a great story. — Viggo Mortensen

I prefer the smaller acting than big histrionics. It's about reacting and looks, which is often underestimated. — Viggo Mortensen

If you're trying to please everyone, then you're not going to make anything that is honestly yours, I don't think, in the long run. — Viggo Mortensen

Pinochet and Barack Obama both have the same primary goal, and that's to be president and stay president as long as allowed. — Viggo Mortensen

You are the world, Letha.. — Richelle Mead

I pursue the things I do because I'm interested in them. — Viggo Mortensen

Nature is an unpleasing, stupid, lumpy, blowsy wench. — William Mortensen

People are becoming more intimately acquainted with people who are different than them - it's not so unusual anymore. — Viggo Mortensen

Some people who like dogs don't like cats, but I'm not like that. — Viggo Mortensen

When you're under stress as a human being, you behave oddly and your relationships with people become strained. — Viggo Mortensen

You see people on the street yelling and think they're crazy, but maybe they're just happy and expressing what they feel at all times. — Viggo Mortensen

1. The picture must, by its mere arrangement, make you look at it. 2. Having looked - see! 3. Having seen - enjoy! The — William Mortensen

Jung viewed Freud as a mentor, but he never wanted to be anybody's disciple. — Viggo Mortensen

I like stories that leave you wanting more, leave you wondering, but don't tell you everything. — Viggo Mortensen

For 'Hidalgo,' I just spent as much time around horses as I could, which made sense. — Viggo Mortensen

As a kid I read Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and a few others. As an adult have admired Leonardo da Vinci's drawings and notebooks. — Viggo Mortensen

Directed By: Peter Jackson Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen — Jamerson INC

I think if you don't say something it's lying by omission. I personally think it's immoral. — Viggo Mortensen

When I was a little boy, I rode, but I didn't own horses. — Viggo Mortensen

I've never had a problem with people paying attention to what you're doing and say they find that they liked it. — Viggo Mortensen

Saying you are a patriot does not make you one; wearing a flag pin does not in itself mean anything at all. — Viggo Mortensen

I love rehearsing, but a lot of directors don't, and some actors don't. — Viggo Mortensen

I look at my job as looking at the world from points of view that are different from mine - sometimes radically different from mine. — Viggo Mortensen

I have no idea what 'method actor' means. — Viggo Mortensen

I'm not a great fan of monarchy in general, but I have to say the Danish monarchy is closer to the people; it's not as stuffy as the English one. — Viggo Mortensen

I like a twisted sense of humour. On 'A History of Violence,' David Cronenberg and I would be doing the grimmest scenes and laugh a lot. — Viggo Mortensen

To be honest, I don't really care about any pope. It's not something I think about much, to be quite honest with you. — Viggo Mortensen

I think the older you get the harder it is to [lose] probably. Your metabolism slows down, whatever, but I'm a pretty active person. — Viggo Mortensen

I take my work seriously, but it's not the only thing that exists in the world. — Viggo Mortensen

The Holocaust movie is almost a genre in itself these days. — Viggo Mortensen

People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier. — Viggo Mortensen

I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president. — Viggo Mortensen

Nobody really knows anybody completely, even if they've been married to 'em for 53 years, you know? — Viggo Mortensen