You can't really go back to where you came from. I don't think any of us can. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I don't think Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell fear competition from me in their arena. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
You see people on the street yelling and think they're crazy, but maybe they're just happy and expressing what they feel at… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I like movies that leave you with something to think about, to discuss, to debate, you know? — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
If you're trying to please everyone, then you're not going to make anything that is honestly yours, I don't think, in the… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I think if you don't say something it's lying by omission. I personally think it's immoral. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
To be honest, I don't really care about any pope. It's not something I think about much, to be quite honest with… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I played Lucifer once, which is sort of a difficult character to research. I thought to myself, "We all have the potential… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
My job as an artist, as I see it, is to understand and in some cases to take on various ways of… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I think maybe because I do other things and they mean as much to me as movie acting, it takes the onus… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I don't think special attention should be given to an actor or a singer or a baseball player or a soccer player… — 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
There are people that grandstand and seem to be publicly politically engaged because they like the attention, more than because they're genuinely… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
It's easy to get depressed and think, "Well, what's the point?" But it's the same as, "Well, we're all going to die,… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
In principle, I think the idea of rewarding a good effort is interesting, but movies are generally different from each other as… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I think it's my job to like any character I play - to understand and appreciate a character, to look at the… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I think we're on the wrong path in this country and have been for a while. People are in their camps divided… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I suppose a good director is like a teacher. I think that someone like David Cronenberg was very much like a teacher,… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
When I land in a country and they ask for 'occupation,' I always just put 'artist.' I think that covers all of… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I think the older you get the harder it is to [lose] probably. Your metabolism slows down, whatever, but I'm a pretty… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I think, on a surface level, people are surprised to see me playing such a passive role in 'Good.' — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I think every family is dysfunctional, and some manage to control it better than others. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
If you tell the story emotionally in a truthful way, then you start naturally looking at the landscape and thinking "Wow, we… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I'm not afraid of death, but I resent it. I think it's unfair and irritating. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I think that every person has many, many people inside of them. We change our personality depending on who we are talking… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I'm not afraid of death, but I resent it. I think it's unfair and irritating. Every time I see something beautiful, I… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I think that people who get to a certain position, and then try to ferociously defend it or build on it, it's… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
If in my twenties I'd gotten one of the two-dozen roles that I did screen tests for and almost got, I think… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I want to see what the Green Party looks like. I think if people don't start voting what they feel, if that's… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I campaigned for [Dennis] Kucinich in 2008. I continue to be in touch with him and I really admire him. I think… — 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 have to say that I think Bernie Sanders is the first politician since Dennis Kucinich that I've been truly inspired by.… — 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
Every year I hear people complain that the quality of screenplays and movies is declining. In my opinion, the vast majority of… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I think you have to be flexible above all as an actor; different characters have different demands, actors that you work with… — 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
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