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The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different.
Viggo Mortensen
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Viggo Mortensen
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 20
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I don't have a BlackBerry or whatever you call it. And there is something to be said for being isolated and out of phone range, because you can fall into a habit to such a degree that you don't even realise that you've lost something: silence.
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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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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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In the end, the actor's main power is the power to say, 'No.'
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To strive for something better - at least there's a chance.
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More often than not, the experience of shooting the movie has been disappointing and the end product has been a mere shadow of what I hoped it would be. But immersing myself in the story - that's what I like best of all.
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I've never played a Dane in a movie. I've had offers to be in Danish movies, including for some good directors, but I either had a job at the time or, when I was available, the movie just didn't happen. Hopefully someday I'll do one.
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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 needed to see a theatre performance through each night. Both require focus and self-discipline.
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Perhaps the itinerant upbringing my brothers and I had has something to do with my continued interest in perspectives different from my own.
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You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it. Democracy, marriage, friendship. You can't just say she's my best friend. That's not a given, it's a process.
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On a practical level, poetry isn't something anybody has really made a great living at. I might sell some books and, once in a while, someone might pay to hear me read.
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Because of the internet, satellite TV, and the digital world, you can stay in touch, you can learn about other people from a young age.
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I've been lucky to learn by playing all kinds of roles and watching all kinds of really good cinematographers, actors, and directors for many years before people were even aware of me in terms of audience.
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It's almost a standard tactic, really, to try to minimize any effort that people in the entertainment business or in any public occupation make to express themselves.
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Jung viewed Freud as a mentor, but he never wanted to be anybody's disciple.
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Each time I make a movie, it's like a paid scholarship to a different university course.
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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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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 saying, 'Well, you know, he's controversial.' It's like, 'No, he's a dangerous idiot who needs the help of a good psychiatrist!'
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