Viggo Mortensen

You have a moral obligation to finish the job you said you would do.

Viggo Peter Mortensen, Jr. (born October 20, 1958) is an American theater and movie actor, poet, musician, photographer and painter.

Quotes

• There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever.
  • Quoted by Alex Kuczynski, Vanity Fair, "Finding Viggo" (January 1, 2004).

• You have a moral obligation to finish the job you said you would do.
  • Quoted by Allison Glock, GQ, "Twenty-one Reasons to Dig Viggo Mortensen" (November 1, 2003).

• Adapt and overcome.
  • Described as being written at his mirror, on additional DVD materials for "Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring".

• A lot of people can forget about you in Los Angeles.
  • On why more American actors don't take roles in foreign-language films as he does, The New York Times, "Bilingualism Steps Into a Leading Role" (March 31, 2013).

• Just because you are lucky does not mean you make good choices.
  • Euronews, Culture, Cinema, "Viggo Mortensen honoured at Marrakech Film Festival", [1] (December 11, 2014).

External links

• All Things Viggo
• Viggo Mortensen Forums
• Viggo Mortensen on IMDb
• Viggo Mortensen at the Notable Names Database
• Mortensen's publishing company Perceval Press
• Brego.net
• The Eye and the Hand