"I was raised speaking English and Spanish. And……" — Viggo Mortensen
"I was raised speaking English and Spanish. And I also speak Danish. And I can get by in French and Italian. I've acted in Spanish and English, but when something has to do with emotions, sometimes I feel I can get to the heart of the matter better in Spanish."
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159 Quotes by Viggo Mortensen
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You have a moral obligation to finish the job you said you would do.
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You can't really divorce yourself and your life from the world you live in.
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I was born in New York but as a baby moved to Venezuela and Argentina. I've also lived in Denmark,…
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