Viggo Mortensen quotes

Born
October 20, 1958, New York City, U.S.

Occupation
Actor.

Viggo Mortensen is a Danish-American actor.

Movies
Green Book (2018)
The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King (2003)
The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers (2002)

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

I try to avoid conflict. I don’t want people to be unhappy.
– Viggo Mortensen

You know, real life doesn’t just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it.
– Viggo Mortensen

I always think of movie-making as a team sport.
– Viggo Mortensen

It’s hard not to get depressed when you pay attention to the world and how strangely and corrupt the people in it sometimes behave.
– Viggo Mortensen

We often live in the past a lot more than we probably realize.
– Viggo Mortensen

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

Be kind. It’s worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them.
– Viggo Mortensen

I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it’s a relief. If I’m walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile.
– Viggo Mortensen

I take my work seriously, but it’s not the only thing that exists in the world.
– Viggo Mortensen

There is no star in LOTR. The Fellowship is a union.
– Viggo Mortensen

If you’re not optimistic on some level, then you’ve given up.
– Viggo Mortensen

The money I earn from films means I can help the people I want to help – you can do a lot of good if you want to.
– Viggo Mortensen

It’s always interesting to play a character that obviously has a secret.
– Viggo Mortensen

I think every family is dysfunctional, and some manage to control it better than others.
– Viggo Mortensen

You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid.
– Viggo Mortensen

We all have secrets, some secrets bigger than others, is a normal human thing.
– Viggo Mortensen

If you don’t find some way to discuss what’s going on inside you, it can come out in other ways that are self-destructive.
– Viggo Mortensen

I’m optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it’s resilient, like people are.
– Viggo Mortensen

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

I love rehearsing, but a lot of directors don’t, and some actors don’t.
– Viggo Mortensen

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

I don’t think violence is ever excusable. It’s most often a metaphor for something that’s going on in a relationship or in the person’s understanding – or misunderstanding – of their place in society.
– Viggo Mortensen

Photography, painting or poetry those are just extensions of me, how I perceive things, they are my way of communicating.
– Viggo Mortensen

Some people who like dogs don’t like cats, but I’m not like that.
– Viggo Mortensen

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.
– Viggo Mortensen

Half the fun-no, really all the fun-is in the preparation.
– Viggo Mortensen

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

I’m not afraid of death, but I resent it. I think it’s unfair and irritating.
– Viggo Mortensen