376 Quotes by viggo mortensen

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

When I have a day off, I won’t spend it at a Hollywood party. I’d rather be at home with paints and a blank canvas.

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 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.

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

I’ve never been conscious of having any real career plan, and I do not have a wish-list of actors, directors, screenwriters, or cameramen I’m hoping to work with. Life, I feel, has a way of leading us to the right situations and people, or at least to interesting ones.

I realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching television. I happen to want to read books. But I know I can’t read all the books or watch all the movies in one lifetime.

There’s no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there’s no excuse for boredom, ever.

When I land in a country and they ask for ‘occupation,’ I always just put ‘artist.’ I think that covers all of it.