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I think, on a surface level, people are surprised to see me playing such a passive role in 'Good.'
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Viggo Mortensen
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 20
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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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Jung viewed Freud as a mentor, but he never wanted to be anybody's disciple.
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If you're trying to please everyone, then you're not going to make anything that is honestly yours, I don't think, in the long run.
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I've never had a problem with people paying attention to what you're doing and say they find that they liked it.
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