The first decade of your life is really important; it's formative. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
You can't really divorce yourself and your life from the world you live in. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Any ordeal that you can survive as a human being is an improvement in your character, and usually an improvement in your… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
You don't have to make something that people call art. Living is an artistic activity, there is an art to getting through… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, the shorter it is. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I try to research or make up for myself what happened in any character's life. From when he was born until the… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I mean, any movie or story that makes you accept and be grateful for something about your life is doing something right. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it. Democracy, marriage, friendship. You can't just… — 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
One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Anyone can identify with those moments in life where circumstances or people inform us that we've strayed from the path of our… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
To be an artist, you don't have to compose music or paint or be in the movies or write books. It's just… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I'm very comfortable in Argentina. I was raised there as a baby and stayed there until I was 11 years old, so… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
If I can get a day to myself, I won't answer the phone, I'll read or go for a walk. Simple, basic… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I was raised in Argentina until I was 11 and now I go back there a lot, at least twice a year.… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, the shorter it is. People lose their capacity… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
On a practical level, poetry isn't something anybody has really made a great living at. I might sell some books and, once… — 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
