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I don't think Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell fear competition from me in their arena.
Viggo Mortensen
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Viggo Mortensen
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: October 20
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When people say that entertainers should know your place, they might as well say the same thing about plumbers and teachers and cab drivers. We all should be able to express our views.
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I campaigned for [Dennis] Kucinich in 2008. I continue to be in touch with him and I really admire him. I think he's very brave and honest - unusually so for a U.S. politician.
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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.
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I'm not a great fan of monarchy in general, but I have to say the Danish monarchy is closer to the people it's not as stuffy as the English one.
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I like movies that leave you with something to think about, to discuss, to debate, you know?
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When we shot 'The Lord of the Rings,' we had special permission to film in wild areas of New Zealand that could be accessed only by helicopter. They would drop us off and we would work all day, and they'd pick us up and take us out again.
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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 met Cindy [Sheehan] near Crawford, Texas. I went out to personally thank her for waiting patiently by the road in front of George and Laura Bush's ranch for an answer from her President as to why and for what her son and others had been sacrificed in the unlawful invasion and occupation of Iraq.
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I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.
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If in my twenties I'd gotten one of the two-dozen roles that I did screen tests for and almost got, I think I would have become bored with the awards circuit, the whole hype machine.
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I mean, any movie or story that makes you accept and be grateful for something about your life is doing something right.
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Being an actor, imitating to the point of inhabiting the lives of others, may simply be a way of continuing to do what I learned to do as a boy - to travel, mentally and physically.
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Kids accept where they are because they don't know the past. They know what they have they know where they are.
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When I was a little boy, I rode, but I didn't own horses.
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