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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.'

Viggo Mortensen

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