Viggo Mortensen Quotes
I prefer the smaller acting than big histrionics. It's about reacting and looks, which is often underestimated.
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I went to college in Pittsburgh at Carnegie Mellon University... studied acting there. Then I went to New York for about five years. I moved out here about 10 years ago.
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I had an agent in Salt Lake City, but acting was more like a hobby.
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I always wanted to be a singer, and so, when I was 5 years old, I started acting classes so I could be a better performer. I wanted to have a powerful voice so I could be heard.
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I was a really big kid.
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I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything.
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I always tell young actors to have a back-up. You don't want to find yourself at the age of 30 still struggling to make a living out of acting.
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The cobs were delivered to a big pile. We were one of the first to feed corn cobs to cattle.
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I don't think you have to be in these serious, heavy, independent little movies to be an actor. Some of the most interesting acting I've seen is on cable television.
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I'm not a big fan of romantic comedies, believe it or not.
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I'm not a big sports fan.
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I'm proud of the fact that I've taken a lot of big directors, such as Trevor Nunn and Nick Hytner, who were musical virgins, and introduced them to the form.
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I know that if I'd had to go and take an exam for acting, I wouldn't have got anywhere. You don't take exams for acting, you take your courage.
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My looks have changed. I have laugh lines - not wrinkles.
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I'm a big Peyton Manning fan.
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Acting, to me, has been many things: It's a business, and it's a craft, and it's a political act - it's whatever adjective is most applicable.
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There's not a day that I don't work on vocals, have vocal coaches, go to acting classes, read books.
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I've done teaching and things like that because if you're acting, you're becoming other human beings, and you need to have time to find who you are as well.
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Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.
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When your higher self is present, it always promotes peace.
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I think every writer has got to direct. If you don't direct, you can't protect your work. The only way to ensure that it's going to be as close as possible to what you put down on paper - and what you see and hear in your head - is to do it yourself.
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Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.
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There is no word or action but has its echo in Eternity.
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I prefer the smaller acting than big histrionics. It's about reacting and looks, which is often underestimated.
