Viggo Mortensen Quotes
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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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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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I don't think Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell fear competition from me in their arena.
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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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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 like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
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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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Most actors can't make any kind of living.
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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 don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either.
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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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Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, the shorter it is.
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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 prefer the smaller acting than big histrionics. It's about reacting and looks, which is often underestimated.
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I was raised speaking English and Spanish. And I also speak Danish. And I can get by in French and Italian. I've acted in Spanish and English, but when something has to do with emotions, sometimes I feel I can get to the heart of the matter better in Spanish.
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We live as though there aren't enough hours in the day, but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress.
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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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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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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.