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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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Viggo Mortensen
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 20
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One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life. We live as though there aren't enough hours in the day but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress.
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When there is conflict, it's good to step away, even for five minutes, because you could say terrible things that you can't take back, so it's best to walk away.
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I have no idea what 'method actor' means.
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I would literally climb out of the cradle while my parents slept, go and crawl off. I did this a couple of times apparently. I'd cross the road and into someone's house, wake them up banging pots and pans in the kitchen.
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The Black Lives Matter movement, the various Occupy movements in Spain and the rest of Europe, in this country, and elsewhere serve as an example of what can be done, and how strong the voices for positive change and truly democratic progress can be.
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I really enjoyed working with New Zealanders as crew members, as teammates. They're great, and it's a beautiful country. It's one of the most beautiful places I've ever been, and I've traveled quite a bit.
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The first decade of your life is really important it's formative.
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Sometimes you look at a movie and you can see that the actor or actress said, 'I'm taking this onboard because I'm making a ton of money, and not because it's going to be something special.'
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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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When you're under stress as a human being, you behave oddly and your relationships with people become strained.
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I think if you don't say something it's lying by omission. I personally think it's immoral.
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Photography, painting or poetry - those are just extensions of me, how I perceive things they are my way of communicating.
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If you tell the story emotionally in a truthful way, then you start naturally looking at the landscape and thinking Wow, we have to watch out.
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If you're trying to please everyone, then you're not going to make anything that is honestly yours, I don't think, in the long run.
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I trust Hillary Clinton about as far as I could throw Donald Trump.
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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 like movies that leave you with something to think about, to discuss, to debate, you know?
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Most actors can't make any kind of living.
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Sometimes a scene works and acting is the easiest thing in the world and you don't have to do much of anything - just enjoy yourself and listen to the other actor. When it doesn't work, then every actor has different ways of dealing with the impasse. Sometimes you use memories from the past. Whatever. It depends from job to job.
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