Viggo Mortensen Quotes
I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.

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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be.
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Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse.
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My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.
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These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia.
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Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.
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The progress of India is the destiny of one-sixth of humanity. And it will also mean a world more confident of its prosperity and more secure about its future.
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Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
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Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value.
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I am a very reserved person and have very few friends in the industry, while most of my close ones are from school and college.
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It's hard to sell a brand without having a face to it.
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Nothing ever turns out the way people expect it to.
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There isn't a flaw in his golf or his makeup. He will win more majors than Arnold Palmer and me combined. Somebody is going to dust my records. It might as well be Tiger, because he's such a great kid.
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I need a producer who will look for a good script. I need a director whose purpose to make a film is not for his survival but because he loves making films.
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I've never been scared of contact. Now I get to bring it, that's what I love to do, so I'm going to bring it.
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Hottest space that I think is interesting would be education, particularly, like, ages 3-10.
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Shopping in Thailand is super cheap and generally high quality. Bangkok is also safe. If you see anybody wearing camouflage holding a machete, don't be scared. They sell coconuts.
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It's in all of our interests to keep pushing athletes to see the big picture, and that's sometimes very difficult.
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I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.