Viggo Mortensen Quotes
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Viggo Mortensen Famous Quotes & Sayings
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Joseph Campbell said the privilege of a lifetime is being yourself. That's his feeling. And I guess it's mine too.
When I land in a country and they ask for 'occupation,' I always just put 'artist.' I think that covers all of it.
My goal is just to make movies, whether they're big or small, that I'd like to see 10 years from now.
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.
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."
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.
Having a mixed background and feeling a little bit like a fish out of water in most places can be a benefit.
I mean, any movie or story that makes you accept and be grateful for something about your life is doing something right.
Any nominations a movie gets helps to raise the level of curiosity in the public, so in that sense awards and nominations are important.
I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
Can you join, ask sincerely for affection
without sweaty hand of expectation,
understanding and accepting
if it never is given?
without sweaty hand of expectation,
understanding and accepting
if it never is given?
'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.
There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever.
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.
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 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.
The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different.
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.
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.
Kids accept where they are because they don't know the past. They know what they have; they know where they are.
It's very rare you get a great script just handed to you, or sent to you, by someone you don't know.
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.
Most movies are lucky to have one moment, one shot that you look at and you always remember that moment and that scene.
Photography, painting or poetry - those are just extensions of me, how I perceive things; they are my way of communicating.
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.
I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.
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.
I prefer the smaller acting than big histrionics. It's about reacting and looks, which is often underestimated.
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.
Saying you are a patriot does not make you one; wearing a flag pin does not in itself mean anything at all.
I've never had a problem with people paying attention to what you're doing and say they find that they liked it.
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.
People are becoming more intimately acquainted with people who are different than them - it's not so unusual anymore.
When you're under stress as a human being, you behave oddly and your relationships with people become strained.
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.
Pinochet and Barack Obama both have the same primary goal, and that's to be president and stay president as long as allowed.
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'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 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.