Viggo Mortensen Quotes
I've never played a Dane in a movie. I've had offers to be in Danish movies, including for some good directors, but I either had a job at the time or, when I was available, the movie just didn't happen. Hopefully someday I'll do one.
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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There is nothing people can throw at me to say: 'Do this, do that.'
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We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.
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My activism and sexual revolution in New York was a factor.
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I want to direct what I feel is interesting - not what is supposed to be my zone.
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I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
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I just didn't know where I fit in - I didn't seem to fit in my parent's generation. I didn't seem to fit in my own generation. Little by little, this took me into a spiritual search for understanding; a search for meaning and fulfillment.
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The society Shakespeare knew was heading for tremendous change, and he seems to have recognized that and written about it in a coded way. I understand those codes, I think.
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I think I should get a bigger between-the-song persona, so then I'm not wandering around the stage like some mad old auntie that's saying hello to people and falling over.
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It is my hope that I will be able to work with legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle and Gov. Hickenlooper to find a solution to fix our ailing pension system.
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To be honest, as an actor, job security is not a trait.
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I consider science fiction and fantasy my genre. And I've noticed over the years that there doesn't tend to be a lot of lighthearted, comedic stuff.
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Born in 1936, I experienced the Second World War as a child in the city of Gelsenkirchen-Buer. This area was heavily bombed, but fortunately, all members of my family survived the war and post-war period.
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I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.
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I love working with a cast and a group of people every day, which is different than recording because you're usually pretty isolated and alone. They serve as a good balance for each other.
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Winemakers have to adapt to what they're given by nature: the vines, the fruit, the soil and the weather.
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It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.
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I know: I am a freakish geek. Or is that a geekish freak?
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We shall have to learn again to be one nation, or one day we shall be no nation.
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That you will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do.
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I get very anxious and am scared in crowds and things like that.
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If you're a Democrat and 'The New York Times' is calling for your head, you know it's time for an exit strategy.
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Life in New York is one of succumbing to a tidal wave of control and direction, of numbing oneself to emotion.
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I've never played a Dane in a movie. I've had offers to be in Danish movies, including for some good directors, but I either had a job at the time or, when I was available, the movie just didn't happen. Hopefully someday I'll do one.
