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With any character I have pla...

With any character I have played, there's infinite possibilities for how they might behave, depending on who they are talking to or how they react to things.

Viggo Mortensen 230 quotes

I've never played a Dane in a...

I've never played a Dane in a movie. I've had offers to be in Danish movies, including for some good directors, but I either had a job at the time or, when I was available, the movie just didn't happen. Hopefully someday I'll do one.

Viggo Mortensen 230 quotes

Toronto Film Festival is one ...

Toronto Film Festival is one of those festivals where there are 400 movies, and unless you have a distributor who is super confident and puts a lot of money into it, sometimes movies can go unwatched or unnoticed.

Viggo Mortensen 230 quotes

To be honest, I don't really ...

To be honest, I don't really care about any pope. It's not something I think about much, to be quite honest with you.

Viggo Mortensen 230 quotes

Pinochet and Barack Obama bot...

Pinochet and Barack Obama both have the same primary goal, and that's to be president and stay president as long as allowed.

Viggo Mortensen 230 quotes

I like a twisted sense of hum...

I like a twisted sense of humour. On 'A History of Violence,' David Cronenberg and I would be doing the grimmest scenes and laugh a lot.

Viggo Mortensen 230 quotes

I like stories that leave you...

I like stories that leave you wanting more, leave you wondering, but don't tell you everything.

Viggo Mortensen 230 quotes

People talk about method acto...

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.

Viggo Mortensen 230 quotes

I mean, any movie or story th...

I mean, any movie or story that makes you accept and be grateful for something about your life is doing something right.

Viggo Mortensen 230 quotes

I realise how important it is...

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.

Viggo Mortensen 230 quotes

When I make a movie, I don't ...

When I make a movie, I don't break it down and analyze it. I could but it would get in the way of doing a job - on instinct based on all the research we did going in. you want to trust yourself and your director and your acting partners in the circumstances you're shooting. I don't like to have any kind of overview.

Viggo Mortensen 230 quotes

I've never been conscious of ...

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.

Viggo Mortensen 230 quotes

It's very rare you get a grea...

It's very rare you get a great script just handed to you, or sent to you, by someone you don't know.

Viggo Mortensen 230 quotes

I'm optimistic about people a...

I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.

Viggo Mortensen 230 quotes

People will like to say that ...

People will like to say that 'Eastern Promises' is brutal, but the only reason they say that is because the scenes stick with them. They are realistic. They are in-your-face and you see the consequences. It's not a bunch of quick editing cuts.

Viggo Mortensen 230 quotes

Those who have the power and ...

Those who have the power and should be the most responsible are often the least responsible.

Viggo Mortensen 230 quotes

Yes, I would agree that Ameri...

Yes, I would agree that America, just like Spain was in the 17th Century, is the main empire of the world and they are the ones who, on the surface, are the most pushy: pushing their language, pushing their culture - or what there is of it - pushing by force their system on others.

Viggo Mortensen 230 quotes

Looking at acting, in the mov...

Looking at acting, in the movies or the theater, and the way I like to look at it, it's just an extension of childhood play... Kids play and imagine in a very intense fashion and they don't need any director telling them, 'You really have to believe in it.' They believe in it completely.

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Be kind. It's worthwhile to m...

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. If you allow yourself to be somewhat curious - and if you get into the habit of doing that - it's the first step to being open minded and realizing that your points of view aren't totally opposite.

Viggo Mortensen 230 quotes

I don't think Adam Sandler or...

I don't think Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell fear competition from me in their arena.

Viggo Mortensen 230 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....