376 Quotes by viggo mortensen

Joseph Campbell said the privilege of a lifetime is being yourself. That's his feeling. And I guess it's mine too.

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

[Captain Fantastic] it's a great story. It's one of the better scripts I've read, ever, as far as being great from beginning to end. It handles a variety of characters. You have six children who all stand on their own, they're all individuals. And it touches on a very real issue, which is the lack of cohesion and communication in America right now.

I mean, any movie or story that makes you accept and be grateful for something about your life is doing something right.

I think we're on the wrong path in this country and have been for a while. People are in their camps divided by region, economic situation, race, religion, ideology. And there's a lot of just staying in your camp using technology to bolster your case without actually debating with other people, without discussing.

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.

I think that every person has many, many people inside of them. We change our personality depending on who we are talking to or what situation we are in.

I have friends who I get along with who I know get very uncomfortable being alone, unless they're with people, talking all the time. Whether it's on the phone, or in person, they're never by themselves. Whereas I could be alone for months.

With any character I have played, there's infinite possibilities for how they might behave, depending on who they are talking to or how they react to things.