Viggo Mortensen Quotes

I'm really not an actor of any kind. I've always seen myself as an entertainer, someone who makes people laugh. That's all I've ever wanted to do. 'Doctor Who' has always just been me, really.

I'd say people that really inspired me at first were like, Dustin Hoffman, Jim Carrey... serious Jim Carrey though.

I will never stop doing stand-up; that's my career, but I will do movies in Hollywood.

I would like to be someone like Steve Martin. That's the path I'd like to follow.

I could do John Wayne, Jack Benny, Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and entertain my friends. But I never seriously considered it as a career choice.

I love 'Saturday Night Live,' and it's such a funny show. I don't know if I'm funny enough to be on it but definitely would be interested in doing it.

Comedy does offer an avenue to television and film careers for untelegenic people that great drama does not.

Most things I get hired on, I get hired because I improvise something funny, or they just think I look weird.

Working with Ricky Gervais one week, Rutger Hauer another week, John Stamos, was fantastic.

An actor's life is all about rejection. It's you they don't want; it's you who's too tall or too short or too fat. With stand-up, it doesn't matter what you look like.

I work in the entertainment industry, and I like to be entertained.

Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray, Will Ferrell, those guys mean so much to me because I watched those guys and how they transform and watch the commitment to what they do. I admire them.

50 Cent should stick to what he does best, rapping, and leave the funny business to comedians.

Yes, I have a good sense of humor to sort of last a long time in show business, and I think to be able to find comedic value in who you are and the people that you work is always a good thing.

I haven't had a lot of comedy come my way as a performer.

There's no business like show business.

It's true; I have a skill and it's... it has not related to acting, it's not related to auditions, it's not related to studios, not related to public whim. It's whether I'm funny or not and whether I can entertain people.

I play opposite Beverly D'Angelo, and that was definitely a great time.

My job has always been to entertain people. I want people to laugh.

I like doing a funny show where I don't have to act and fall in love with a girl.

I haven't really done a lot of comedies. I don't know why, because I really like them.

Hey, I think comic actors are the best actors.

If you had of told me age 10 that in 19 years time I would be on a stage in Salford performing with Les Dennis in a sitcom I had written, I would have believed you.

I used to think no one should go into show biz, but now I feel differently. I now feel like it's a great career. If you can do it and make money at it and still not be so famous that you can have a normal life - then I think it's a great career.

There are two reasons why I'm in show business, and I'm standing on both of them.