Viggo Mortensen Quotes

In a way, editing is not unlike the movies. The best books, just like the best movies, are a collaboration. They're only as good as the compromise made between the artists involved.

Viggo Mortensen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 20, 1958

Topics

GoodBestCollaborationCompromise

The apparent ease of California life is an illusion, and those who believe the illusion real live here in only the most temporary way.

Joan Didion

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I studied drama in high school, and when I was 18, I studied at the Actors Studio in New York. Then I moved to London when I got engaged to Bryan Ferry, and I studied at the National Theatre there.

Jerry Hall

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You don't have to be born wealthy and have an aristocratic last name or have connections or all these things. If you have a dream, you can believe in something and work hard and struggle and fight for it and still have a chance to succeed.

Jeremy Scott

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I'm a Jewish born-again Christian.

Stephen Baldwin

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Sometimes it's really weird being an artist, and I deal with that best by being myself.

Sigrid

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It's like going back to school. You know, autumn! Time for 'Harry Potter'.

Robbie Coltrane

TimeSchoolYouBackKnowAutumn

I want everybody in the news business to think of ABC before they go any place else. If it costs us an extra few thousand dollars to do that, what does it mean?

Roone Arledge

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You know, I want to be the uncommon one. I think it's pretty cool that I'm only 5'11", you know, and playing in the National Football League.

Russell Wilson

FootballCoolThinkYouKnowWant

I began my writing career in a very isolated place and time.

Lois McMaster Bujold

TimeWritingCareerPlaceVery

There are certainly things in live broadcasts that I've done that I wish I could have gone back to edit and make better. It's hard, because you want it to be perfect, and it just isn't. Even in the edited ones, it's not everything you want it to be - but it's closer.

Lonny Price

LiveBetterWishYouPerfectBack

The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

HappinessHumanityDiscoveryNew

I've really learned a lot from Zac Brown over the years. He is someone that I consider to be one of my best friends, and besides my parents, he has taught me more than anyone else. Zac is, by nature, a giving and understanding person.

Coy Bowles

NatureBestParentsMeUnderstanding

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