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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One of the other things I think that I've been able to do in my life, is to listen well.
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We are reminded that, in the fleeting time we have on this Earth, what matters is not wealth, or status, or power, or fame, but rather how well we have loved and what small part we have played in making the lives of other people better.
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I never imagined while going through this horrifying illness that I would write a book or that it could ever be a movie.
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Peacemaking and democratic state-building require blood and magic.
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Persistence is self-discipline in action.
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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.
