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When I make a movie, I don't break it down and analyze it. I could but it would get in the way of doing a job - on instinct based on all the research we did going in. you want to trust yourself and your director and your acting partners in the circumstances you're shooting. I don't like to have any kind of overview.

Viggo Mortensen

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Viggo Mortensen
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 20
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It's very rare you get a great script just handed to you, or sent to you, by someone you don't know.
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Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them. If you allow yourself to be somewhat curious - and if you get into the habit of doing that - it's the first step to being open minded and realizing that your points of view aren't totally opposite.
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Most actors can't make any kind of living.
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I hate divers, like Cristiano Ronaldo, who might be the greatest athlete in the sport, but he's a big baby. If things are going well he's great, but when things are going badly it's the ref's fault, it's his teammates' fault.
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The Road was a movie that has a good reputation, even though it wasn't released very well, but that's a movie I'm very proud of.
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