376 Quotes by viggo mortensen

There's no sense in doing something, especially if it's a hard job, if you can't have a little fun.

Those who have the power and should be the most responsible are often the least responsible.

You can't really go back to where you came from. I don't think any of us can.

Usually the characters I play are men of few words, who communicate in non-verbal ways.

With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.

I have a publishing company of books by me and books of others. It drew people to poetry readings and photo exhibitions and painting exhibitions that I've been doing for years before that.

'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have. What's going to happen to your child if you're not around? It takes those concerns to an extreme. In the film, without me the boy has no food, no shelter, no resources at all.

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.

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.