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 MortensenOn a practical level, poetry isn't something anybody has really made a great living at. I might sell some books and, once in a while, someone might pay to hear me read.
Viggo MortensenAdult characters are all the things they've encountered over time. But kids haven't accumulated all the life experience, all the regrets. They tend to be more in the moment, more willing to play, to be joyful.
Viggo MortensenYou know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it.
Viggo Mortensen