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Each time I make a movie, it's like a paid scholarship to a different university course.
Viggo Mortensen
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Viggo Mortensen
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 20
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You can't really divorce yourself and your life from the world you live in.
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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.
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I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president.
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When you're under stress as a human being, you behave oddly and your relationships with people become strained.
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Here's where we are, this is what's happening. So do something, or get out of the kitchen.
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People talk about method actors, meaning someone that's prepared very, very well, or whatever they mean when they talk about it. But the right method is whatever works for you. And what works for me on any given day is going to be different.
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I take my work seriously, but it's not the only thing that exists in the world.
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Some actors learn the habit of promoting themselves as a brand - by dressing in a certain way, by going out with a certain person - it gives them what they obviously want, which is to keep a level of fame. I'm not putting it down.
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In terms of the movie business, being in a 'Lord of the Rings' has given me more interesting options as work.
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Sometimes a scene works and acting is the easiest thing in the world and you don't have to do much of anything - just enjoy yourself and listen to the other actor. When it doesn't work, then every actor has different ways of dealing with the impasse. Sometimes you use memories from the past. Whatever. It depends from job to job.
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I don't speak up about something unless I feel strongly about it and until I've researched a subject extensively and have an informed decision about it.
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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.
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You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid.
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I know I said I wanted to live forever and I would never be bored, but the reality is, it's probably kind of sad to live forever if you're the only one sticking around.
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It's just like with people. You're going to get along better working with them - human or equine - if you ask politely rather than demand that they do things.
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Yes, I would agree that America, just like Spain was in the 17th Century, is the main empire of the world and they are the ones who, on the surface, are the most pushy: pushing their language, pushing their culture - or what there is of it - pushing by force their system on others.
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One of the most effective tools that the Cheney-Bush junta has used to marginalize dissenting or even mildly inquisitive American citizens has been the accusation of being unpatriotic.
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