Viggo Mortensen Quotes
When I land in a country and they ask for 'occupation,' I always just put 'artist.' I think that covers all of it.
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My lesson from history is that if there is a strong moderate centrist party which can lead the country, there is no room for extremists from the right or left.
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For me, the greatest fault would be to tell somebody something I'm not.
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Reducing carbon emissions is important, but it is shortsighted if not coupled with reducing the toxic emissions from our heart; and that is something spiritual leaders are supposed to teach and something all thinking people, regardless of their beliefs, should practice.
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I watch the news, which is its own reality show. I love 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I love it because it's funny and because I realize that I'm happier than Larry David.
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I've had five weddings but if I'm really honest and if I count significant de factos... I've had nine husbands... which sounds appalling but when you consider I started at 18 and I'm 65 it's not so bad.
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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.
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It's okay to be a fat man. It's prestige and power and all of that. But fat women are seen as just lazy and stupid and having no self-control.
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Strong limits on carbon pollution will save Americans money, create jobs, improve our health, and help defuse climate change.
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I've always thought of fat as just a descriptive word.
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One day, the dance charts will be the biggest chart in the music world. Because we all need to dance. This planet will be a fun planet when the judges in court will end the day with a dance!
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I work extremely hard to stay positive and happy. But I get sad and anxious, too, just like everyone.
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I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble.
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I love the outdoors. I love climbing mountains.
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You remember some bedrooms you have slept in. There are bedrooms you like to remember and others you would like to forget.
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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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This is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful.
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I tell people marriage is a compromise, and so are renovations.
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If there are kids who want to follow in my footsteps, I'd say that my shoes are too big for them to fill! But their shoe size is just perfect.
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So I went into government with a clear mind about what the problems were, and what needed to be done.
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Shooting movies has changed, and me too - I have changed. And then, every film I do, something in my mind, my soul, changes. My natural change, I change at the same time as the films, I think.
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My focus is to push the medium to be what it truly can be. Something well beyond 360-video, which is where a lot of the initial money has gone…but, of course, it’s not real VR if you don’t have agency. So what I’ve been looking for for 25 years is that undiscovered country between gameplay and linear narrative and the emotional engagement of a cinematic narrative. And that takes a huge combination of interesting technological enablements, as well as an understanding of how to bring a multidisciplinary team on a process that is upside-down the traditional process.
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When it's those division games, that's when it gets ramped up for me.
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I'm not shutting myself off from kids; I'm remaining open to kids and the energy that they bring.
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When I land in a country and they ask for 'occupation,' I always just put 'artist.' I think that covers all of it.
