Viggo Quotes

There were times when I would get mad at him (Viggo Mortensen) because he would push me harder. There was a weekend when I got really sick and had a horrible flu, and that was my one and only day to sleep and recover and not work. We were supposed to go horseback riding together and I cancelled it because I wasn`t feeling well, and Viggo gave me a really hard time about it. So I went, and it was one of the greatest days of my life. It was actually the one time, while I was riding, that I really broke through to the other side with the canter and becoming more comfortable on the horse. I had a beautiful day and am incredibly grateful to Viggo for pushing me further. He taught me so much about that, about really being willing to submit and submerge yourself into making the film and the character work.

We have these digs at each other. Viggo will go on about Elves and how they`re always doing their nails and brushing their long, blonde hair, and being all prissy. And I just say: Well, at least I`m going to live forever! Got that? LIVE FOREVER!

(on cast camraderie during shooting "The Lord of the Rings":) "There was a lot of pranking, but that was more Dom (Dominic Monaghan) and Viggo (Viggo Mortensen). With Viggo, they were normally quite violent, aggressive ones. You would see Sean Bean walking across to his caravan, and then see this figure of Viggo running across the plains and rugby tackling him. Dom and Viggo were attacking each other`s trailers for quite a while, redecorating inside and out with whatever they got their hands on. It was a very happy set, a very constructive set." (December 14, 2003)