Viggo Mortensen

Speaking more than one language and living in a multicultural family and environment did not seem like anything but what it was:…

— Viggo Mortensen

We all experience many freakish and unexpected events - you have to be open to suffering a little. The philosopher Schopenhauer talked…

— Viggo Mortensen

Most actors can't make any kind of living.

— Viggo Mortensen

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…

— Viggo Mortensen

Most movies are lucky to have one moment, one shot that you look at and you always remember that moment and that…

— Viggo Mortensen

I like stories that leave you wanting more, leave you wondering, but don't tell you everything.

— Viggo Mortensen

Usually the characters I play are men of few words, who communicate in non-verbal ways.

— Viggo Mortensen

You do need to get lucky, no matter how talented you are.

— Viggo Mortensen

When I was a little boy, I rode, but I didn't own horses.

— Viggo Mortensen

I realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching…

— Viggo Mortensen

When I land in a country and they ask for 'occupation,' I always just put 'artist.' I think that covers all of…

— Viggo Mortensen

I was born in New York but as a baby moved to Venezuela and Argentina. I've also lived in Denmark, where my…

— Viggo Mortensen

People are becoming more intimately acquainted with people who are different than them - it's not so unusual anymore.

— Viggo Mortensen

There might be people out there who wouldn't hire me because they thought I should keep my mouth shut, but I'm not…

— Viggo Mortensen

Bernie Sanders has inspired millions of people in this country.

— Viggo Mortensen

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

I hate divers, like Cristiano Ronaldo, who might be the greatest athlete in the sport, but he's a big baby. If things…

— Viggo Mortensen

You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid.

— Viggo Mortensen

Because of the internet, satellite TV, and the digital world, you can stay in touch, you can learn about other people from…

— Viggo Mortensen

In other words, I’m against cheating, greed, cruelty, racism, imperialism, religious fundamentalism, treason, and the seemingly limitless capacity for hypocrisy shown by…

— Viggo Mortensen

In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.

— Viggo Mortensen

Perceval Press a publishing house I founded in 2002 and it's still going strong. Strong for us means not so many books…

— Viggo Mortensen

I've been naked physically in movies - but it's a whole other thing to be naked emotionally in a way that's not…

— Viggo Mortensen

I trust Hillary Clinton about as far as I could throw Donald Trump.

— Viggo Mortensen

Each time I make a movie, it's like a paid scholarship to a different university course.

— Viggo Mortensen