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.
Viggo MortensenBe kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them.
Viggo MortensenI don't speak up about something unless I feel strongly about it and until I've researched a subject extensively and have an informed decision about it.
Viggo MortensenEven the implication that The Lord of the Rings is a mythic story about Western, white supremacy - regardless of the political leanings of anyone who tries to make that case - is a load of self-justifying, destructive horseshit.
Viggo Mortensen