Viggo Mortensen Quotes
People talk about method actors, meaning someone that's prepared very, very well, or whatever they mean when they talk about it. But the right method is whatever works for you. And what works for me on any given day is going to be different.
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I've always loved working out. When I was little, my dad used to make me and my sister do 10 press-ups every day before we brushed our teeth in the morning. It was like a boot camp! Then I did a lot of athletics at school and was a dancer.
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The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence.
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Customers want new things, and the way that they get them isn't written in stone.
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We need to think of chronic disease, hypertension, cancer, like H1N1. In fact, there's an epidemic of chronic disease.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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I went from 118 pounds to 135 pounds in a few months. But, I still didn't know anything about food.
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Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.
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Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
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I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.
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War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.
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No man may make another free.
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If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence, that is everything.
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Having fans wherever I go gives me an energy, and it is the source of my power.
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I spent my whole teenage life trying to get to London and go to dance school, but when I got there, I couldn't wait to get to the clubs on weekends. I knew I wanted to make music.
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Whatever we put our attention on will grow stronger in our life.
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I actually have a degree in music and was aware that music was a tool used in therapy. I didn't realize how far it had come since I was in college in the mid-seventies.
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If it feels right and I'm not going against any energy in myself or the situation, there would be no limit.
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Anyone with the right mix of parental paranoia and entrepreneurial moxie can make a fortune by selling parents the equipment we think will keep us one step ahead of our kids.
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The one thing I will say for digital, and you won't hear me say that many complimentary things about it, is that it's cheap. It pretty much enables anybody to record as long as you can deal with the sound.
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My retirement is both voluntary and involuntary. One reason, and this is voluntary, is the impact of television. All old movies are turning up on television, and frankly, making pictures doesn't interest me anymore. Another reason is that the film industry is in a declining state.
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The ethics of journalism are one thing. Another thing is the ethics of business.
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I'm not hiding who I am anymore - not pretending I'm something I'm not.
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As an actor, you can't think about the end result or the fame; you just have to focus on the day you're in. You have no control over the finished product, what people will think of it, so all you have is the experience of making it, and you have to stay focused on that.
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People talk about method actors, meaning someone that's prepared very, very well, or whatever they mean when they talk about it. But the right method is whatever works for you. And what works for me on any given day is going to be different.
