If you're trying to please everyone, then you're not going to make anything that is honestly yours, I don't think, in the… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
It's easy to get depressed and think, "Well, what's the point?" But it's the same as, "Well, we're all going to die,… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I think that people who get to a certain position, and then try to ferociously defend it or build on it, it's… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I want to see what the Green Party looks like. I think if people don't start voting what they feel, if that's… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
There are people that grandstand and seem to be publicly politically engaged because they like the attention, more than because they're genuinely… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I think every family is dysfunctional, and some manage to control it better than others. — 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 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
I'm not afraid of death, but I resent it. I think it's unfair and irritating. Every time I see something beautiful, I… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I don't think Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell fear competition from me in their arena. — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I don't think special attention should be given to an actor or a singer or a baseball player or a soccer player… — 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