Viggo Mortensen Quotes
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My goal is just to make movies, whether they're big or small, that I'd like to see 10 years from now.
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One of the main ways that leadership stays in power is by, in various ways, convincing people that they should just let those who are in government govern: 'Trust us. Trust me. Just let us take care of things. Stay out of it.' Your opinions don't really matter. You are isolated. You are insignificant.
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When you're under stress as a human being, you behave oddly and your relationships with people become strained.
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I don't think Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell fear competition from me in their arena.
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'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have. What's going to happen to your child if you're not around? It takes those concerns to an extreme. In the film, without me the boy has no food, no shelter, no resources at all.
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You can't really go back to where you came from. I don't think any of us can.
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I grew up with horses when I was a kid in Argentina. I like them. I respect them. I'm careful around them. You never know what they're going to do. They're endlessly interesting. I've had some good acting partners that were horses over the years.
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I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
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Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, the shorter it is.
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I prefer the smaller acting than big histrionics. It's about reacting and looks, which is often underestimated.
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People will like to say that 'Eastern Promises' is brutal, but the only reason they say that is because the scenes stick with them. They are realistic. They are in-your-face and you see the consequences. It's not a bunch of quick editing cuts.
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When I have a day off, I won't spend it at a Hollywood party. I'd rather be at home with paints and a blank canvas.
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Kids accept where they are because they don't know the past. They know what they have; they know where they are.
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Looking at acting, in the movies or the theater, and the way I like to look at it, it's just an extension of childhood play... Kids play and imagine in a very intense fashion and they don't need any director telling them, 'You really have to believe in it.' They believe in it completely.
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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.
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With any character I have played, there's infinite possibilities for how they might behave, depending on who they are talking to or how they react to things.
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With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.
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I don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either.
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If in my twenties I'd gotten one of the two-dozen roles that I did screen tests for and almost got, I think I would have become bored with the awards circuit, the whole hype machine.
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One of the most effective tools that the Cheney-Bush junta has used to marginalize dissenting or even mildly inquisitive American citizens has been the accusation of being unpatriotic.
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I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
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Jung viewed Freud as a mentor, but he never wanted to be anybody's disciple.
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You know, 'Viggo' is a pretty dorky name in Denmark. It's like 'Oswald' or something. It's a very old Scandinavian name, at least 1,000 years old.
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I know I said I wanted to live forever and I would never be bored, but the reality is, it's probably kind of sad to live forever if you're the only one sticking around.