It doesn't take that many years for a kid to realise that they're going to die. It's always there in the back… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
As a kid I read Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and a few others. As an adult have admired Leonardo da Vinci's… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Kids are shy and they often don't want to make eye contact or say "thank you." — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Kids accept where they are because they don't know the past. They know what they have; they know where they are. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Adult characters are all the things they've encountered over time. But kids haven't accumulated all the life experience, all the regrets. They… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I'm certainly curious about people. As a kid, I moved around a lot. I was raised in a lot of different places,… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Looking at acting, in the movies or the theater, and the way I like to look at it, it's just an extension… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I grew up with horses when I was a kid in Argentina. I like them. I respect them. I'm careful around them.… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Travel is one of the best anti-war weapons that there are. I've been to Iran, and if you're there you see little… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
The only thing that I always do - is once I've taken on a job, even just to do one scene in… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Every once in a while, someone would call me a foreigner or a Yankee, or whatever. In the United States, someone might… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Speaking more than one language and living in a multicultural family and environment did not seem like anything but what it was: the world… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share
We all experience many freakish and unexpected events - you have to be open to suffering a little. The philosopher Schopenhauer talked about how… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share
As far as money goes, there's a saying in Denmark: 'Your last suit doesn't have any pockets.' You can't take it with you. You… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share
Most movies are lucky to have one moment, one shot that you look at and you always remember that moment and that scene. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share
I like stories that leave you wanting more, leave you wondering, but don't tell you everything. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share
Usually the characters I play are men of few words, who communicate in non-verbal ways. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share
I realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching television. I… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share
When I land in a country and they ask for 'occupation,' I always just put 'artist.' I think that covers all of it. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share
I was born in New York but as a baby moved to Venezuela and Argentina. I've also lived in Denmark, where my father's from.… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share
People are becoming more intimately acquainted with people who are different than them - it's not so unusual anymore. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share
There might be people out there who wouldn't hire me because they thought I should keep my mouth shut, but I'm not aware of… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share
