Quote

If you don't find some way to discuss what's going on inside you, it can come out in other ways that are self-destructive.

Viggo Mortensen

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Viggo Mortensen
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 20
Actor
Composer
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Jazz Musician
Manufacturer
Musician
Painter
Photographer
Poet
Singer
Watertown
New York
Viggo Peter Mortensen
Jr
Self
Going
Way
Discuss
Destructive
Inside
Ways
Find
Come

More quotes by Viggo Mortensen

Image
I think maybe because I do other things and they mean as much to me as movie acting, it takes the onus off me. It's not the end of the world if I can't get a film job, or if a movie doesn't turn out well - even though I don't like it when that happens.
Viggo Mortensen
Image
I like movies that leave you with something to think about, to discuss, to debate, you know?
Viggo Mortensen
Image
You don't have to make something that people call art. Living is an artistic activity, there is an art to getting through the day.
Viggo Mortensen
Image
A lot of people can forget about you in Los Angeles.
Viggo Mortensen
Image
Like most people I can be lazy, so it's nice to have a goal or deadline or reason to work out. I feel better when I get to exercise, or when I'm outdoors. I like to hike, swim and run, and I love to play soccer.
Viggo Mortensen
Image
I look at my job as looking at the world from points of view that are different from mine - sometimes radically different from mine.
Viggo Mortensen
Image
Having a mixed background and feeling a little bit like a fish out of water in most places can be a benefit.
Viggo Mortensen
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 happen to want to read books. But I know I can't read all the books or watch all the movies in one lifetime.
Viggo Mortensen
Image
I think every family is dysfunctional, and some manage to control it better than others.
Viggo Mortensen
Image
Kids are shy and they often don't want to make eye contact or say thank you.
Viggo Mortensen
Image
I don't think special attention should be given to an actor or a singer or a baseball player or a soccer player more than anyone else, but they do have an opinion like anyone else.
Viggo Mortensen
Image
In a lot of places in the United States and certainly even more places around the world, the image of the cowboy has become, for some people, a negative one. The word 'cowboy' implies a strong, stubborn individual whose individualism depends on pulling down other people's individualism.
Viggo Mortensen
Image
When I heard Puerto Ricans in New York City, it sounded very strange. And the first time I heard someone from Spain, I thought they had a speech impediment!
Viggo Mortensen
Image
People are becoming more intimately acquainted with people who are different than them - it's not so unusual anymore.
Viggo Mortensen
Image
Here's where we are, this is what's happening. So do something, or get out of the kitchen.
Viggo Mortensen
Image
I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.
Viggo Mortensen
Image
The money I earn from films means I can help the people I want to help - you can do a lot of good if you want to.
Viggo Mortensen
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, so what's the point in brushing my teeth or even saying hello to anyone or obeying traffic lights. You can do that, but that's certainly not going to take you anywhere.
Viggo Mortensen
Image
What art does is it makes you feel alive and makes you feel like you're connected.
Viggo Mortensen
Image
A lot of times, movies that are in the top 10 lists or maybe even win Baftas or Oscars, you then watch them a year later and you go, 'Maybe it wasn't so great.'
Viggo Mortensen