Viggo Mortensen Quotes
I've never been conscious of having any real career plan, and I do not have a wish-list of actors, directors, screenwriters, or cameramen I'm hoping to work with. Life, I feel, has a way of leading us to the right situations and people, or at least to interesting ones.
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There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way.
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I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.
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To have a songwriter that wrote so specifically what I felt to be true... I've never been much of an actor either. If something is real for me, then I can do it.
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In Mississippi, you don't admit that you're gay. It's just an awkward thing down South, which is sad.
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My mom says that when I was a little kid, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I don't remember that.
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The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.
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'SNL' can be a stressful environment, and I am panicking constantly, but I guess I keep it pretty internal.
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When I was 15 years old, I read an article about Ivan Boesky, the well-known takeover trader - turned out years later it was all on inside information! But before that came to light, he was very successful, very flamboyant. And I thought, 'This is what I want to do.' So I'm 15 years old, I decide I'm going to Wall Street.
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I'm not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won't tell me.
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When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
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I don't want to be 'Halsey: America's Sweetheart,' or 'Halsey: Bad Girl.' If you can sum up my career in a clickbait headline, I've done something wrong.
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What's lost in this whole debate, unfortunately, is that Social Security is not a giveaway where we take money to give to other people. It's a contract with the government... that's worked for 75 years. It's the most successful government program that we've ever had.
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Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it illegal for all stalkers and all domestic abusers to buy guns, and expanding mental health resources so the mentally ill find it easier to receive treatment than to buy firearms.
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When I first got Yves Saint Laurent Couture, I didn't know how to take off a cape. I would ask Katoucha and Dalma - the real divas of the runway - 'Can you show me?' I've never been afraid to ask for help.
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It has not been easy to wake up every single day at 6:30 in the morning to then head to the gym and start a full day of work. But you have to have that kind of dedication if you want to achieve the goals you have set for yourself.
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If you have spent any time with Barack Obama, you know he's a funny guy. He's a good guy. He knows sports.
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I like excess. And giant M&M's.
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All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.
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After one has abandoned a belief in God, poetry is that essence which takes its place as life’s redemption.
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Sometimes I'll lock myself in a room and dance. I'll turn music on as loud as possible and just get weird!
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The key to humor is often self-loathing or sarcasm. In a sense, that's how self-loathing is made palatable.
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Our 2015 financial performance will continue to be driven by our Home Robot business. Home Robot revenue is expected to grow 10% to 12% in 2015 and comprise 90% of total company revenue.
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Tradition is a challenge to innovation.
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I've never been conscious of having any real career plan, and I do not have a wish-list of actors, directors, screenwriters, or cameramen I'm hoping to work with. Life, I feel, has a way of leading us to the right situations and people, or at least to interesting ones.
