Quotes by Viggo Mortensen

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You don't have to make something that people call art. Living is an artistic activity, there is an art to getting throug — Viggo Mortensen
Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with — Viggo Mortensen
We all experience many freakish and unexpected events - you have to be open to suffering a little. The philosopher Schop — Viggo Mortensen
I'm just looking as always for something that's stimulating and I hope to find a good story that's a challenge, whether — Viggo Mortensen
You know, Freud accepted his lot very stoically and very well and with a sense of humor. He aged and died gracefully, an — Viggo Mortensen
Ignorance breeds antipathy. Until I got to know how computers worked, I didn't want anything to do with them. I said, 'W — Viggo Mortensen
I suppose a good director is like a teacher. I think that someone like David Cronenberg was very much like a teacher, be — Viggo Mortensen
I'm not afraid of death, but I resent it. I think it's unfair and irritating. — Viggo Mortensen
Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, the shorter it is. People lose their capacity to walk — Viggo Mortensen
One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that appl — Viggo Mortensen
It's amazing to me that Glenn Beck can be on the cover of 'Time,' and there can be a whole article about him basically s — Viggo Mortensen
I don't think Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell fear competition from me in their arena. — Viggo Mortensen
One of the main ways that leadership stays in power is by, in various ways, convincing people that they should just let — Viggo Mortensen
Travel is one of the best anti-war weapons that there are. I've been to Iran, and if you're there you see little kids, c — Viggo Mortensen
Being an actor, imitating to the point of inhabiting the lives of others, may simply be a way of continuing to do what I — Viggo Mortensen
In principle, I think the idea of rewarding a good effort is interesting, but movies are generally different from each o — Viggo Mortensen
I like the detail work of telling a story in small pieces, as is done in movie-making, and also the long leap of faith n — Viggo Mortensen
You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it. Democracy, marriage, friendshi — 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 of doing a job - on insti — Viggo Mortensen
It's true that I have a wide range of interests. I like to write and paint and make music and go walking on my own and g — Viggo Mortensen