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All Quotes by author - Viggo Mortensen
" Adult characters are all the things they've encountered over time. But kids haven't accumulated all the life experience, all the regrets. They tend to be more in the moment, more willing to play, to be joyful. "
Moment
Life
Experience
" As far as money goes, there's a saying in Denmark: 'Your last suit doesn't have any pockets.' You can't take it with you. You can make all the money you want, but who cares? "
Money
Last
You
" 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. "
Be Kind
Out
Learn
" Freud was the son of a Jewish merchant who had to move his whole family to Vienna because he couldn't get work. He, as a boy, had to watch his father be mocked and abused on the street for being Jewish... You develop a thick skin and you develop a certain kind of wit to defend yourself. "
Yourself
You
Work
" If you're trying to please everyone, then you're not going to make anything that is honestly yours, I don't think, in the long run. "
Long
Run
Think
" I like stories that leave you wanting more, leave you wondering, but don't tell you everything. "
Everything
Leave
Like
" I like the detail work of telling a story in small pieces, as is done in movie-making, and also the long leap of faith needed to see a theatre performance through each night. Both require focus and self-discipline. "
Focus
Faith
Long
" I mean, any movie or story that makes you accept and be grateful for something about your life is doing something right. "
You
Right
Grateful
" I'm not afraid of death, but I resent it. I think it's unfair and irritating. Every time I see something beautiful, I not only want to return to it, but it makes me want to see other beautiful things. I know I'm not going to get to all the places I want to go. "
Know
Death
Think
" I'm not that involved in personal grooming. But I try not to be offensive to people. "
Try
Involved
Personal
" In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting. "
Painting
You
Color
" 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. "
Know
Time
Respect
" I suppose a good director is like a teacher. I think that someone like David Cronenberg was very much like a teacher, because there's an openness, but a certain set of rules of behavior, and a certain conduct expected. But there's an atmosphere that's relaxed and conducive to exploration, and that is created by someone like Cronenberg. "
Rules
Teacher
Think
" It doesn't take that many years for a kid to realise that they're going to die. It's always there in the back of their mind the rest of their lives. "
Die
Mind
Rest
" Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, the shorter it is. People lose their capacity to walk, run, travel, think, and experience life. I realise how important it is to use the time I have. "
Life
Walk
Travel
" Like most people I can be lazy, so it's nice to have a goal or deadline or reason to work out. I feel better when I get to exercise, or when I'm outdoors. I like to hike, swim and run, and I love to play soccer. "
People
Run
Soccer
" One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life. We live as though there aren't enough hours in the day but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress. "
Best
Life
Live
" One of the most effective tools that the Cheney-Bush junta has used to marginalize dissenting or even mildly inquisitive American citizens has been the accusation of being unpatriotic. "
Used
Accusation
American
" Some people who like dogs don't like cats, but I'm not like that. "
Like
Cats
Some People
" There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever. "
Boredom
Crazy
Angry
" There's no sense in doing something, especially if it's a hard job, if you can't have a little fun. "
No Sense
Hard
Fun
" Travel is one of the best anti-war weapons that there are. I've been to Iran, and if you're there you see little kids, cops, old people, cemeteries. Once you see that, you can't say, 'Oh, Iran, let's bomb them.' "
Travel
You
Say
" When we shot 'The Lord of the Rings,' we had special permission to film in wild areas of New Zealand that could be accessed only by helicopter. They would drop us off and we would work all day, and they'd pick us up and take us out again. "
New
Day
Work
" You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it. Democracy, marriage, friendship. You can't just say, 'She's my best friend.' That's not a given, it's a process. "
Best Friend
Friendship
Life
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