376 Quotes by viggo mortensen

People talk about method actors, meaning someone that’s prepared very, very well, or whatever they mean when they talk about it. But the right method is whatever works for you. And what works for me on any given day is going to be different.

If I can get a day to myself, I won’t answer the phone, I’ll read or go for a walk. Simple, basic things. People think there’s always time to do that but there isn’t. Life is short.

I’m not that involved in personal grooming. But I try not to be offensive to people.

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

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

You can’t really divorce yourself and your life from the world you live in.

I don’t speak up about something unless I feel strongly about it and until I’ve researched a subject extensively and have an informed decision about it.

In a lot of places in the United States and certainly even more places around the world, the image of the cowboy has become, for some people, a negative one. The word ‘cowboy’ implies a strong, stubborn individual whose individualism depends on pulling down other people’s individualism.

People are becoming more intimately acquainted with people who are different than them – it’s not so unusual anymore.