You have a moral obligation to finish the job you said you would do. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I'd like to, when it's all said and done, say that I have at least a few stories that I feel proud… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Joseph Campbell said the privilege of a lifetime is being yourself. That's his feeling. And I guess it's mine too. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
As Martin Luther King said, "Passively to participate in an unjust system is to accept that system and to participate in its… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
You know, Freud accepted his lot very stoically and very well and with a sense of humor. He aged and died gracefully,… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I know I said I wanted to live forever and I would never be bored, but the reality is, it's probably kind… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Ignorance breeds antipathy. Until I got to know how computers worked, I didn't want anything to do with them. I said, 'Well,… — 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
As [John] Tolkien himself said, the story [Lord of the Ring ] is not allegorical. He said so when people tried to… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
It is important to keep protesting, to keep forcing a conversation in the public arena. In any case, when you know what… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I don't have a BlackBerry or whatever you call it. And there is something to be said for being isolated and out… — 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
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