Viggo Mortensen Interesting Quotations

I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.

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.

Every year I hear people complain that the quality of screenplays and movies is declining. In my opinion, the vast majority of scripts written - as well as most movies that are released - are not very original, well-written, or interesting. It has always been that way, and I think it always will be.

In terms of the movie business, being in a 'Lord of the Rings' has given me more interesting options as work.

It's always interesting to play a character that obviously has a secret.

In principle, I think the idea of rewarding a good effort is interesting, but movies are generally different from each other as are performances and the conditions on how the performances are given and how they're edited and so forth.

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