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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Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.
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I would recommend going out for more independent films. You can get bigger roles and really work your acting chops and build a reel.
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I do think that Hillary Clinton risks looking like she's imitating Elizabeth Warren when she starts doing it. She'll look like Elizabeth the second. And nobody is electing anybody a second of anything.
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But everyone has a touch of madness, and those who can't admit it are usually farther gone than the rest of us.
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The world belongs to the discontented.
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Ya Allah, envelop our hearts with a shield of your light and mercy, so the pain doesn't penetrate.
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The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history.
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I prefer the smaller acting than big histrionics. It's about reacting and looks, which is often underestimated.
