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 MortensenI like movies that leave you with something to think about, to discuss, to debate, you know?
Viggo MortensenEach time I make a movie, it's like a paid scholarship to a different university course.
Viggo MortensenMore often than not, the experience of shooting the movie has been disappointing and the end product has been a mere shadow of what I hoped it would be. But immersing myself in the story - that's what I like best of all.
Viggo Mortensen