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Viggo Mortensen quotes: In terms of the movie business, being in a 'Lord of the Rings' has given me more interesting options as work. In terms of the movie business, being in a 'Lord of the Rings' has given me more interesting options as work.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: 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. 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 quotes: In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting. In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: I have a work ethic. If I say I'm going to do something, I do it. I have a work ethic. If I say I'm going to do something, I do it.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: 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. 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 quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Joseph Campbell said the privilege of a lifetime is being yourself. That's his feeling. And I guess it's mine too. Joseph Campbell said the privilege of a lifetime is being yourself. That's his feeling. And I guess it's mine too.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: When I land in a country and they ask for 'occupation,' I always just put 'artist.' I think that covers all of it. 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 quotes: The first decade of your life is really important; it's formative. The first decade of your life is really important; it's formative.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: Usually the characters I play are men of few words, who communicate in non-verbal ways. Usually the characters I play are men of few words, who communicate in non-verbal ways.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: I like movies that leave you with something to think about, to discuss, to debate, you know? I like movies that leave you with something to think about, to discuss, to debate, you know?
Viggo Mortensen quotes: My goal is just to make movies, whether they're big or small, that I'd like to see 10 years from now. 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 quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy. I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of. With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: 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." 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 quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I think, on a surface level, people are surprised to see me playing such a passive role in 'Good.' I think, on a surface level, people are surprised to see me playing such a passive role in 'Good.'
Viggo Mortensen quotes: I think every family is dysfunctional, and some manage to control it better than others. I think every family is dysfunctional, and some manage to control it better than others.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: I don't like people who get into fights about football - or anything else. I don't like people who get into fights about football - or anything else.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: You can't really go back to where you came from. I don't think any of us can. You can't really go back to where you came from. I don't think any of us can.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: Having a mixed background and feeling a little bit like a fish out of water in most places can be a benefit. Having a mixed background and feeling a little bit like a fish out of water in most places can be a benefit.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: I mean, any movie or story that makes you accept and be grateful for something about your life is doing something right. I mean, any movie or story that makes you accept and be grateful for something about your life is doing something right.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: Any nominations a movie gets helps to raise the level of curiosity in the public, so in that sense awards and nominations are important. 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 quotes: I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are. I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: Can you join, ask sincerely for affectionwithout sweaty hand of expectation,understanding and acceptingif it never is given? Can you join, ask sincerely for affection
without sweaty hand of expectation,
understanding and accepting
if it never is given?
Viggo Mortensen quotes: It's always interesting to play a character that obviously has a secret. It's always interesting to play a character that obviously has a secret.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: '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. '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 quotes: You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid. You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever. 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 quotes: In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades. In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: A lot of people can forget about you in Los Angeles. A lot of people can forget about you in Los Angeles.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: 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. 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 quotes: We often live in the past a lot more than we probably realize. We often live in the past a lot more than we probably realize.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed. I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: 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. 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 quotes: The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different. The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: 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. 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 quotes: In the end, the actor's main power is the power to say, 'No.' In the end, the actor's main power is the power to say, 'No.'
Viggo Mortensen quotes: 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. 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 quotes: You can't really divorce yourself and your life from the world you live in. You can't really divorce yourself and your life from the world you live in.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: What art does is it makes you feel alive and makes you feel like you're connected. What art does is it makes you feel alive and makes you feel like you're connected.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: I'm not that involved in personal grooming. But I try not to be offensive to people. I'm not that involved in personal grooming. But I try not to be offensive to people.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: Kids accept where they are because they don't know the past. They know what they have; they know where they are. Kids accept where they are because they don't know the past. They know what they have; they know where they are.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: You have a moral obligation to finish the job you said you would do. You have a moral obligation to finish the job you said you would do.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: It's very rare you get a great script just handed to you, or sent to you, by someone you don't know. 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 quotes: Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense. Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: Those who have the power and should be the most responsible are often the least responsible. Those who have the power and should be the most responsible are often the least responsible.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: You do need to get lucky, no matter how talented you are. You do need to get lucky, no matter how talented you are.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I'm an optimist; I always hope that each new script is going to be a great story. I'm an optimist; I always hope that each new script is going to be a great story.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: Most movies are lucky to have one moment, one shot that you look at and you always remember that moment and that scene. 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 quotes: Photography, painting or poetry - those are just extensions of me, how I perceive things; they are my way of communicating. Photography, painting or poetry - those are just extensions of me, how I perceive things; they are my way of communicating.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them. Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: I don't think Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell fear competition from me in their arena. I don't think Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell fear competition from me in their arena.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: Most actors can't make any kind of living. Most actors can't make any kind of living.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: Each time I make a movie, it's like a paid scholarship to a different university course. Each time I make a movie, it's like a paid scholarship to a different university course.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: Kids are shy and they often don't want to make eye contact or say "thank you." Kids are shy and they often don't want to make eye contact or say "thank you."
Viggo Mortensen quotes: I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting. I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I prefer the smaller acting than big histrionics. It's about reacting and looks, which is often underestimated. I prefer the smaller acting than big histrionics. It's about reacting and looks, which is often underestimated.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either. I don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: We all have secrets, some secrets bigger than others, is a normal human thing. We all have secrets, some secrets bigger than others, is a normal human thing.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: Saying you are a patriot does not make you one; wearing a flag pin does not in itself mean anything at all. Saying you are a patriot does not make you one; wearing a flag pin does not in itself mean anything at all.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: I've never had a problem with people paying attention to what you're doing and say they find that they liked it. 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 quotes: I think if you don't say something it's lying by omission. I personally think it's immoral. I think if you don't say something it's lying by omission. I personally think it's immoral.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: Some people who like dogs don't like cats, but I'm not like that. Some people who like dogs don't like cats, but I'm not like that.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: I pursue the things I do because I'm interested in them. I pursue the things I do because I'm interested in them.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: 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. 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 quotes: People are becoming more intimately acquainted with people who are different than them - it's not so unusual anymore. People are becoming more intimately acquainted with people who are different than them - it's not so unusual anymore.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: When you're under stress as a human being, you behave oddly and your relationships with people become strained. When you're under stress as a human being, you behave oddly and your relationships with people become strained.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Jung viewed Freud as a mentor, but he never wanted to be anybody's disciple. Jung viewed Freud as a mentor, but he never wanted to be anybody's disciple.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: I like stories that leave you wanting more, leave you wondering, but don't tell you everything. I like stories that leave you wanting more, leave you wondering, but don't tell you everything.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: For 'Hidalgo,' I just spent as much time around horses as I could, which made sense. For 'Hidalgo,' I just spent as much time around horses as I could, which made sense.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: When I was a little boy, I rode, but I didn't own horses. When I was a little boy, I rode, but I didn't own horses.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: Pinochet and Barack Obama both have the same primary goal, and that's to be president and stay president as long as allowed. 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 quotes: I love rehearsing, but a lot of directors don't, and some actors don't. I love rehearsing, but a lot of directors don't, and some actors don't.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: I look at my job as looking at the world from points of view that are different from mine - sometimes radically different from mine. 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 quotes: I have no idea what 'method actor' means. I have no idea what 'method actor' means.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: 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. 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 quotes: 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. 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 quotes: 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. 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 quotes: There's no sense in doing something, especially if it's a hard job, if you can't have a little fun. There's no sense in doing something, especially if it's a hard job, if you can't have a little fun.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: I take my work seriously, but it's not the only thing that exists in the world. I take my work seriously, but it's not the only thing that exists in the world.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: The Holocaust movie is almost a genre in itself these days. The Holocaust movie is almost a genre in itself these days.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier. People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president. I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president.
Viggo Mortensen quotes: Nobody really knows anybody completely, even if they've been married to 'em for 53 years, you know? Nobody really knows anybody completely, even if they've been married to 'em for 53 years, you know?

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