I like stories that leave you wanting more, leave you wondering, but don't tell you everything. — 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
Even the implication that The Lord of the Rings is a mythic story about Western, white supremacy - regardless of the political… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Captain Fantastic touches on that [division]. You meet this family that lives off the grid in the woods and you go, "Oh,… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
This basic thing I always do: 'What happened between the character's birth, and page one of the script?' Anything that's not in… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
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 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
I'm an optimist; I always hope that each new script is going to be a great story. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
[Captain Fantastic] it's a great story. It's one of the better scripts I've read, ever, as far as being great from beginning… — 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
If you tell the story emotionally in a truthful way, then you start naturally looking at the landscape and thinking "Wow, we… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I like the detail work of telling a story in small pieces, as is done in movie-making, and also the long leap… — 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
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