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Those who have the power and should be the most responsible are often the least responsible.

Viggo Mortensen

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Viggo Mortensen
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 20
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Viggo Peter Mortensen
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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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I have no idea what 'method actor' means.
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Having a mixed background and feeling a little bit like a fish out of water in most places can be a benefit.
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You know, 'Viggo' is a pretty dorky name in Denmark. It's like 'Oswald' or something. It's a very old Scandinavian name, at least 1,000 years old.
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The Holocaust movie is almost a genre in itself these days.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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There might be people out there who wouldn't hire me because they thought I should keep my mouth shut, but I'm not aware of that. Even if I saw evidence of that, it wouldn't really concern me.
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I mean, any movie or story that makes you accept and be grateful for something about your life is doing something right.
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Like most people I can be lazy, so it's nice to have a goal or deadline or reason to work out. I feel better when I get to exercise, or when I'm outdoors. I like to hike, swim and run, and I love to play soccer.
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I think every family is dysfunctional, and some manage to control it better than others.
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I look at my job as looking at the world from points of view that are different from mine - sometimes radically different from mine.
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Toronto Film Festival is one of those festivals where there are 400 movies, and unless you have a distributor who is super confident and puts a lot of money into it, sometimes movies can go unwatched or unnoticed.
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I prefer the smaller acting than big histrionics. It's about reacting and looks, which is often underestimated.
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Yes, I would agree that America, just like Spain was in the 17th Century, is the main empire of the world and they are the ones who, on the surface, are the most pushy: pushing their language, pushing their culture - or what there is of it - pushing by force their system on others.
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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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In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.
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A lot of times, movies that are in the top 10 lists or maybe even win Baftas or Oscars, you then watch them a year later and you go, 'Maybe it wasn't so great.'
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