The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different.
Viggo MortensenI don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either.
Viggo MortensenI think maybe because I do other things and they mean as much to me as movie acting, it takes the onus off me. 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.
Viggo MortensenIt doesn't take that many years for a kid to realise that they're going to die. It's always there in the back of their mind the rest of their lives.
Viggo Mortensen