Viggo Mortensen
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Viggo Peter Mortensen, Jr. (born October 20, 1958) is an American theater and movie actor, poet, musician, photographer and painter.
Quotes
[edit]- There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever.
- Quoted by Alex Kuczynski, Vanity Fair, "Finding Viggo" (January 1, 2004).
- You have a moral obligation to finish the job you said you would do.
- Quoted by Allison Glock, GQ, "Twenty-one Reasons to Dig Viggo Mortensen" (November 1, 2003).
- Adapt and overcome.
- Described as being written at his mirror, on additional DVD materials for "Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring".
- A lot of people can forget about you in Los Angeles.
- On why more American actors don't take roles in foreign-language films as he does, The New York Times, "Bilingualism Steps Into a Leading Role" (March 31, 2013).
- Just because you are lucky does not mean you make good choices.
- Euronews, Culture, Cinema, "Viggo Mortensen honoured at Marrakech Film Festival", [1] (December 11, 2014).
External links
[edit]- All Things Viggo
- Viggo Mortensen Forums
- Viggo Mortensen on IMDb
- Viggo Mortensen at the Notable Names Database
- Mortensen's publishing company Perceval Press
- Brego.net
- The Eye and the Hand