Film Quotes by Viggo Mortensen

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

— Viggo Mortensen

My goal is just to make movies, whether they're big or small, that I'd like to see 10 years from now.

— Viggo Mortensen

I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.

— Viggo Mortensen

In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.

— Viggo Mortensen

Each time I make a movie, it's like a paid scholarship to a different university course.

— Viggo Mortensen

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

— Viggo Mortensen

The money I earn from films means I can help the people I want to help - you can do a lot…

— Viggo Mortensen

Most movies are lucky to have one moment, one shot that you look at and you always remember that moment and that…

— Viggo Mortensen

A lot of times, movies that are in the top 10 lists or maybe even win Baftas or Oscars, you then watch…

— Viggo Mortensen

To find a good story, you're generally going to find it in independent or lower budget movies... I wouldn't mind doing a…

— Viggo Mortensen

'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have. What's going to happen to your child if you're not around?…

— Viggo Mortensen

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

— Viggo Mortensen

It's not the end of the world if I can't get a film job, or if a movie doesn't turn out well…

— Viggo Mortensen

'The Road' was a movie that has a good reputation, even though it wasn't released very well, but that's a movie I'm…

— Viggo Mortensen

Toronto Film Festival is one of those festivals where there are 400 movies, and unless you have a distributor who is super…

— Viggo Mortensen

When we shot 'The Lord of the Rings,' we had special permission to film in wild areas of New Zealand that could…

— Viggo Mortensen

People will like to say that 'Eastern Promises' is brutal, but the only reason they say that is because the scenes stick…

— Viggo Mortensen

When I make a movie, I don't break it down and analyze it. I could but it would get in the way…

— Viggo Mortensen

I think maybe because I do other things and they mean as much to me as movie acting, it takes the onus…

— Viggo Mortensen

In principle, I think the idea of rewarding a good effort is interesting, but movies are generally different from each other as…

— Viggo Mortensen