Top 148 Quotes by Viggo Mortensen

About Viggo Mortensen

These are some quotes by American author Viggo Mortensen Actor, who was born on October 20, 1958.

As a kid I read Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and a few others. As an adult have admired Leonardo da Vinci's drawings and notebooks.

As a kid I read Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and a few others. As an adult have admired Leonardo da Vinci's drawings and notebooks.

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At the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century in Austria, there was a lot of anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism in Austria was much more pervasive than in Germany. And Austrians took to Nazi ideas and anti-Semitism much more readily than Germans did, really.

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When I was a little boy, I rode, but I didn't own horses.

When I was a little boy, I rode, but I didn't own horses.

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I've never had a problem with people paying attention to what you're doing and say they find that they liked it.

I've never had a problem with people paying attention to what you're doing and say they find that they liked it.

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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.

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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In terms of the movie business, being in a 'Lord of the Rings' has given me more interesting options as work.

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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Being an actor, imitating to the point of inhabiting the lives of others, may simply be a way of continuing to do what I learned to do as a boy - to travel, mentally and physically.

Being an actor, imitating to the point of inhabiting the lives of others, may simply be a way of continuing to do what I learned to do as a boy - to travel, mentally and physically.

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I have a work ethic. If I say I'm going to do something, I do it.

I have a work ethic. If I say I'm going to do something, I do it.

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Looking at acting, in the movies or the theater, and the way I like to look at it, it's just an extension of childhood play... Kids play and imagine in a very intense fashion and they don't need any director telling them, 'You really have to believe in it.' They believe in it completely.

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I know people who prepare their roles in such a way that they technically look ahead and memorize their gestures, and then they stick to it. Those that are technically proficient enough can make it seem natural, but they do that and don't really take in what other people are doing.

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