Viggo Mortensen quotes - page 2

Viggo Mortensen is a Danish-American actor, author, musician, and artist, widely recognized for his role as Aragorn in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. His career spans diverse film genres and includes significant achievements in literature, music, and visual arts. He continues to captivate audiences with his versatile talent and creative pursuits. Here are 155 of his quotes:

Like most people - unless they're very practised at it or have no warm blood at all in their veins - I feel a little apprehensive about the red carpet. It's always a bit bewildering when people are taking pictures and asking questions before the ceremony.

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If there's one thing I've learned from traveling, it's that it is definitely more important how you are than where you are. You can say, 'Oh, I hate X city, I hate that country, or I prefer this city,' but it's a little bit up to you to find some kind of happiness.

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I like the detail work of telling a story in small pieces, as is done in movie-making, and also the long leap of faith needed to see a theatre performance through each night. Both require focus and self-discipline.

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When I heard Puerto Ricans in New York City, it sounded very strange. And the first time I heard someone from Spain, I thought they had a speech impediment!

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A lot of times, movies that are in the top 10 lists or maybe even win Baftas or Oscars, you then watch them a year later and you go, 'Maybe it wasn't so great.'

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The Holocaust movie is almost a genre in itself these days.

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To be honest, I don't really care about any pope. It's not something I think about much, to be quite honest with you.

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With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.

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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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Adult characters are all the things they've encountered over time. But kids haven't accumulated all the life experience, all the regrets. They tend to be more in the moment, more willing to play, to be joyful.

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Those who have the power and should be the most responsible are often the least responsible.

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I think that every person has many, many people inside of them. We change our personality depending on who we are talking to or what situation we are in.

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When I was a little boy, I rode, but I didn't own horses.

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The money I earn from films means I can help the people I want to help - you can do a lot of good if you want to.

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I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.

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Some people who like dogs don't like cats, but I'm not like that.

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Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense.

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I mean, any movie or story that makes you accept and be grateful for something about your life is doing something right.

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Toronto Film Festival is one of those festivals where there are 400 movies, and unless you have a distributor who is super confident and puts a lot of money into it, sometimes movies can go unwatched or unnoticed.

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I like movies that leave you with something to think about, to discuss, to debate, you know?

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At the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century in Austria, there was a lot of anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism in Austria was much more pervasive than in Germany. And Austrians took to Nazi ideas and anti-Semitism much more readily than Germans did, really.

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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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