We all experience many freakish and unexpected events - you have to be open to suffering a little. The philosopher Schopenhauer talked… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Sometimes a scene works and acting is the easiest thing in the world and you don't have to do much of anything… — 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
I'm sort of contrary and stubborn sometimes. When everybody says, 'You have to read this book! You have to read this book!'… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
It's hard not to get depressed when you pay attention to the world and how strangely and corrupt the people in it… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I was raised speaking English and Spanish. And I also speak Danish. And I can get by in French and Italian. I've… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I look at my job as looking at the world from points of view that are different from mine - sometimes radically… — 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
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
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
