Viggo Mortensen Quotes
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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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In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.
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Pinochet and Barack Obama both have the same primary goal, and that's to be president and stay president as long as allowed.
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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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I prefer the smaller acting than big histrionics. It's about reacting and looks, which is often underestimated.
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With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.
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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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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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Most actors can't make any kind of living.
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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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I have a work ethic. If I say I'm going to do something, I do it.
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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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'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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Just because you are lucky does not mean you make good choices.
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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 like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
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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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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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I don't think Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell fear competition from me in their arena.
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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.
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I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president.
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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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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 try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.