Each time I make a movie, it's like a paid scholarship to a different university course. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
For 'Hidalgo,' I just spent as much time around horses as I could, which made sense. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Most movies are lucky to have one moment, one shot that you look at and you always remember that moment and that… — 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
I would literally climb out of the cradle while my parents slept, go and crawl off. I did this a couple of… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I have never been in a natural place and felt that was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a… — 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 realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching… — 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
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
It's amazing to me that Glenn Beck can be on the cover of 'Time,' and there can be a whole article about… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
A lot of times, movies that are in the top 10 lists or maybe even win Baftas or Oscars, you then watch… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
“1. WE'VE LEFT SHORE SOMEHOW BECOME THE FRIENDS OF EARLY THEORY CLOSE ENOUGH TO SPEAK DESIRE AND PAIN OF ABSENCE OF MISTAKES… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
If you daren't enter the forest, or cannot find it, then perhaps you might find one tree, or a place where a… — 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
