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Most movies are lucky to have one moment, one shot that you look at and you always remember that moment and that scene. (Viggo Mortensen)
I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president. View quote
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My goal is just to make movies, whether they're big or small, that I'd like to see 10 years from now. View quote
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I love rehearsing, but a lot of directors don't, and some actors don't. View quote
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Usually the characters I play are men of few words, who communicate in non-verbal ways. View quote
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Any nominations a movie gets helps to raise the level of curiosity in the public, so in that sense awards and nominations are important. View quote
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I've been lucky to learn by playing all kinds of roles and watching all kinds of really good cinematographers, actors, and directors for many years before people were even aware of me in terms of audience. View quote
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One of the main ways that leadership stays in power is by, in various ways, convincing people that they should just let those who are in government govern: 'Trust us. Trust me. Just let us take care of things. Stay out of it.' Your opinions don't really matter. You are isolated. You are insignificant. View quote
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Every year I hear people complain that the quality of screenplays and movies is declining. In my opinion, the vast majority of scripts written - as well as most movies that are released - are not very original, well-written, or interesting. It has always been that way, and I think it always will be. View quote
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When I make a movie, I don't break it down and analyze it. I could but it would get in the way of doing a job - on instinct based on all the research we did going in. you want to trust yourself and your director and your acting partners in the circumstances you're shooting. I don't like to have any kind of overview. View quote
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When you're under stress as a human being, you behave oddly and your relationships with people become strained. (Viggo Mortensen)
The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different. View quote
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Photography, painting or poetry - those are just extensions of me, how I perceive things; they are my way of communicating. View quote
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I'd like to, when it's all said and done, say that I have at least a few stories that I feel proud of. View quote
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For 'Hidalgo,' I just spent as much time around horses as I could, which made sense. View quote
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I'm not afraid of death, but I resent it. I think it's unfair and irritating. Every time I see something beautiful, I not only want to return to it, but it makes me want to see other beautiful things. I know I'm not going to get to all the places I want to go. View quote
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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. View quote
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Walking down the street in any town or city in the world and having people look at you and start talking to you, convinced that they know you as well or better than they do members of their own family, that's just an odd phenomenon. But I mean, I wouldn't say it was a bad thing. It's an interesting thing. View quote
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I think maybe because I do other things and they mean as much to me as movie acting, it takes the onus off me. It's not the end of the world if I can't get a film job, or if a movie doesn't turn out well - even though I don't like it when that happens. View quote
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In principle, I think the idea of rewarding a good effort is interesting, but movies are generally different from each other as are performances and the conditions on how the performances are given and how they're edited and so forth. View quote
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I'm very comfortable in Argentina. I was raised there as a baby and stayed there until I was 11 years old, so the first decade of my life or my formative years were spent in Argentina. I stayed in tune with the food, music and language. (Viggo Mortensen)
Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, the shorter it is. People lose their capacity to walk, run, travel, think, and experience life. I realise how important it is to use the time I have. View quote
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To be an artist, you don't have to compose music or paint or be in the movies or write books. It's just a way of living. It has to do with paying attention, remembering, filtering what you see and answering back, participating in life. View quote
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Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, the shorter it is. View quote
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'The Road' was a movie that has a good reputation, even though it wasn't released very well, but that's a movie I'm very proud of. View quote
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