Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr. /ˈviːɡoʊ ˈmɔːrtənsən/is an American actor. He made his film debut in Peter Weir's 1985 thriller Witness, and subsequently appeared in many notable films of subsequent years, including The Indian Runner, Carlito's Way, Crimson Tide, Daylight, The Portrait of a Lady, G.I. Jane, A Perfect Murder, A Walk on the Moon, and 28 Days...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth20 October 1958
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Viggo Mortensen quotes about
I like stories that leave you wanting more, leave you wondering, but don't tell you everything.
Each time I make a movie, it's like a paid scholarship to a different university course.
Joseph Campbell said the privilege of a lifetime is being yourself. That's his feeling. And I guess it's mine too.
It's true that I have a wide range of interests. I like to write and paint and make music and go walking on my own and garden. In fact, gardening is probably what I enjoy doing more than anything else.
In terms of the movie business, being in a 'Lord of the Rings' has given me more interesting options as work.
It's very rare you get a great script just handed to you, or sent to you, by someone you don't know.
Pinochet and Barack Obama both have the same primary goal, and that's to be president and stay president as long as allowed.
Most movies are lucky to have one moment, one shot that you look at and you always remember that moment and that scene.
Jung viewed Freud as a mentor, but he never wanted to be anybody's disciple.
In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.
You know, Freud accepted his lot very stoically and very well and with a sense of humor. He aged and died gracefully, and there's a lot to be said for that.
We all experience many freakish and unexpected events - you have to be open to suffering a little. The philosopher Schopenhauer talked about how out of the randomness, there is an apparent intention in the fate of an individual that can be glimpsed later on. When you are an old guy, you can look back, and maybe this rambling life has some through-line. Others can see it better sometimes. But when you glimpse it yourself, you see it more clearly than anyone.
I grew up with horses when I was a kid in Argentina. I like them. I respect them. I'm careful around them. You never know what they're going to do. They're endlessly interesting. I've had some good acting partners that were horses over the years.
Adult characters are all the things they've encountered over time. But kids haven't accumulated all the life experience, all the regrets. They tend to be more in the moment, more willing to play, to be joyful.