The top 10 most inspiring quotes by Viggo Mortensen
- 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.
- 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.
- With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.
- In a way, editing is not unlike the movies. The best books, just like the best movies, are a collaboration. They’re only as good as the compromise made between the artists involved.
- To be an artist, you don’t have to compose music or paint or be in the movies or write books. It’s just a way of living. It has to do with paying attention, remembering, filtering what you see and answering back, participating in life.
- There’s no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there’s no excuse for boredom, ever.
- Ignorance breeds antipathy. Until I got to know how computers worked, I didn’t want anything to do with them. I said, ‘Well, why do I need them? I write letters.’ Which I still do.
- One of the main ways that leadership stays in power is by, in various ways, convincing people that they should just let those who are in government govern: ‘Trust us. Trust me. Just let us take care of things. Stay out of it.’ Your opinions don’t really matter. You are isolated. You are insignificant.
- It’s not the end of the world if I can’t get a film job, or if a movie doesn’t turn out well – even though I don’t like it when that happens. There are other things I enjoy doing, and I involve myself in them.
- 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.’
Viggo Mortensen is a Danish-American actor, poet, musician, and artist, born on October 20, 1958, in New York City. He spent much of his childhood in Argentina and Venezuela before returning to the United States.
Mortensen began his film career in the mid-1980s, gaining early attention with roles in Witness (1985) and The Indian Runner (1991). His breakthrough came as Aragorn in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003), which made him an international star.
Beyond acting, Mortensen is a talented painter, photographer, and published poet. He often contributes to independent and foreign films, earning critical acclaim for performances in A History of Violence (2005), Eastern Promises (2007), and Green Book (2018), the latter earning him an Oscar nomination. Known for his dedication to his roles and artistic integrity, Mortensen remains one of Hollywood’s most respected and versatile performers.
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