Viggo Mortensen Quotes
Every year I hear people complain that the quality of screenplays and movies is declining. In my opinion, the vast majority of scripts written - as well as most movies that are released - are not very original, well-written, or interesting. It has always been that way, and I think it always will be.
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I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too.
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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It's not that I don't want a fast car. I like the speed. I'm just not the type of person who finds a sports car a sexy car.
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What makes me happy is having a really nice day out with my mum, or getting better at something I've been working hard at.
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I was born in San Diego, and we moved to Los Angeles when I was seven. A couple of years later, I started acting!
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We are all focused each and every day on doing our jobs, chief executive of our states, until the very last hour that we are in office, and certainly the president is as well.
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The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.
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The situation is quite serious - groundwater is important source for water use, including drinking water, and if it gets contaminated, it's very costly and difficult to clean.
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I like things simple.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.
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Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
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The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album.
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Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.
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My family is from Nigeria, and my full name is Uzoamaka, which means 'The road is good.'
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Growing up, I always wanted to sing.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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People more than ever since I can remember are concerned about being out of step and out of line with their political party and won't cross over. There is nobody, man or woman, who wants to be left out, and people are fearful of that. People are fearful of their leadership as well.
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The BBC has the obligation to think big. And at the moment, that clarion call sounds an uncertain note to me.
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It was not power that corrupted people, but fools who corrupted power.
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Coming from L.A. to D.C., I'm always impressed that in D.C., people are doing the things that the people in L.A. are pretending to do. Whenever I'm in D.C., I ask people what they do, and they say, 'I'm with the agency, or I'm with State.' In L.A., I ran into a guy who said, 'I'm working on an audition for a guy who happens to be with an agency.'
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Every year I hear people complain that the quality of screenplays and movies is declining. In my opinion, the vast majority of scripts written - as well as most movies that are released - are not very original, well-written, or interesting. It has always been that way, and I think it always will be.
