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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.

Viggo Mortensen

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Viggo Mortensen
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 20
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