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Viggo Mortensen
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Viggo Mortensen
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: October 20
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I was raised in Argentina until I was 11 and now I go back there a lot, at least twice a year. It's a country where I feel very comfortable and it represents an important period in my life.
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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.
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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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In terms of the movie business, being in a 'Lord of the Rings' has given me more interesting options as work.
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I don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either.
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Can you join, ask sincerely for affection without sweaty hand of expectation, understanding and accepting if it never is given?
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Captain Fantastic touches on that [division]. You meet this family that lives off the grid in the woods and you go, Oh, it's some kind of liberal utopian fantasy. The enemy is gonna be all these conservative types that they'll probably run into, and that's going to be the story.
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Here's where we are, this is what's happening. So do something, or get out of the kitchen.
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I love rehearsing, but a lot of directors don't, and some actors don't.
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One of the most effective tools that the Cheney-Bush junta has used to marginalize dissenting or even mildly inquisitive American citizens has been the accusation of being unpatriotic.
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Joseph Campbell said the privilege of a lifetime is being yourself. That's his feeling. And I guess it's mine too.
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I'm very comfortable in Argentina. I was raised there as a baby and stayed there until I was 11 years old, so the first decade of my life or my formative years were spent in Argentina. I stayed in tune with the food, music and language.
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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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Like most people - unless they're very practised at it or have no warm blood at all in their veins - I feel a little apprehensive about the red carpet. It's always a bit bewildering when people are taking pictures and asking questions before the ceremony.
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If you don't find some way to discuss what's going on inside you, it can come out in other ways that are self-destructive.
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I'm sort of contrary and stubborn sometimes. When everybody says, 'You have to read this book! You have to read this book!' I'm like 'Oh, I'll get around to it.'
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I'm an optimist I always hope that each new script is going to be a great story.
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I've been naked physically in movies - but it's a whole other thing to be naked emotionally in a way that's not just a distraction or a character.
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If I can get a day to myself, I won't answer the phone, I'll read or go for a walk. Simple, basic things. People think there's always time to do that but there isn't. Life is short.
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You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it.
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