Viggo Mortensen - biography

“In a movie, you’re raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.”

“There’s no excuse to be bored.  Sad, yes.  Angry, yes.  Depressed, yes.  Crazy, yes.  But there’s no excuse for boredom, ever.”

“I think that people who get to a certain position, and then try to ferociously defend it or build on it, it’s kind of a dead-end street.  You see people becoming miserable that way.”

“I’m just looking as always for something that’s stimulating and I hope to find a good story that’s a challenge, whether it’s big or small.  Or that it finds me.  I don’t have like a career plan.  Maybe I should, but I don’t.”

“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.”

“I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time.  I never have.  And it’s a relief.  If I’m walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile.”

“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.”

Viggo Mortensen has appeared in the following films:
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Witness (1985)
Salvation!: Have You Said Your Prayers Today? (1987)
Fresh Horses (1988)
Young Guns II: Blaze of Glory (1990)
The Indian Runner (1991)
Carlito’s Way (1993)
The Young Americans (1993)
Boiling Point (1993)
The Crew (1994)
Crimson Tide (1995)
Black Velvet Pantsuit (1995)
The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995)
Albino Alligator (1996)
Daylight (1996)
The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
G.I. Jane (1997)
Psycho (1998)
A Perfect Murder (1998)
28 Days (2000)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Hidalgo (2004)
A History of Violence (2005)
Eastern Promises (2007)
Appaloosa (2008)
Good (2008)
The Road (2009)
A Dangerous Method (2011)