376 Quotes by viggo mortensen

It's very rare you get a great script just handed to you, or sent to you, by someone you don't know.

You do need to get lucky, no matter how talented you are.

You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it.

I think, on a surface level, people are surprised to see me playing such a passive role in 'Good.'

I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.

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.

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

In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.

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