I like a twisted sense of humour. On 'A History of Violence,' David Cronenberg and I would be doing the grimmest scenes and laugh a lot.
From Viggo Mortensen
It's hard not to get depressed when you pay attention to the world and how strangely and corrupt the people in it sometimes behave.
Nobody really knows anybody completely, even if they've been married to 'em for 53 years, you know?
Those who have the power and should be the most responsible are often the least responsible.
People will like to say that 'Eastern Promises' is brutal, but the only reason they say that is because the scenes stick with them. They are realistic. They are in-your-face and you see the consequences. It's not a bunch of quick editing cuts.
You do need to get lucky, no matter how talented you are.
If you don't find some way to discuss what's going on inside you, it can come out in other ways that are self-destructive.
It's very rare you get a great script just handed to you, or sent to you, by someone you don't know.
In the end, the actor's main power is the power to say, 'No.'
Adult 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.
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