In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
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 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
Each time I make a movie, it's like a paid scholarship to a different university course. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
In terms of the movie business, being in a 'Lord of the Rings' has given me more interesting options as work. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
In a way, editing is not unlike the movies. The best books, just like the best movies, are a collaboration. They're only… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Sometimes you look at a movie and you can see that the actor or actress said, 'I'm taking this onboard because I'm… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
'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 Copy Share Image
I've never played a Dane in a movie. I've had offers to be in Danish movies, including for some good directors, but… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Toronto Film Festival is one of those festivals where there are 400 movies, and unless you have a distributor who is super… — 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
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 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
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
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
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 Copy Share Image
Any nominations a movie gets helps to raise the level of curiosity in the public, so in that sense awards and nominations… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
More often than not, the experience of shooting the movie has been disappointing and the end product has been a mere shadow… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I like stories that leave you wanting more, leave you wondering, but don't tell you everything. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Usually the characters I play are men of few words, who communicate in non-verbal ways. — 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 television. I… — 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 it. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
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 Image
