Viggo Mortensen Quotes

You have to go to other countries to realize Taipei is a place where there is diversity of thought.

I grew up with all cultures in the world.

I want our students to be so accustomed to children of other cultures that the words 'diversity' and 'tolerance' won't be in their vocabulary. They won't need them - they'll live it.

Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.

L.A.'s become so cosmopolitan in its casting and also in its world view.

I've got tremendous respect for different cultures, for the food and everything.

As an actor, you come in contact with so many different people and cultures. It makes you a more accepting person.

I like to learn things from other cultures. I'm curious. It's exciting to be in an unknown world, in a way.

Colombian culture has had a huge influence on me and taught me a different way of looking at things - I was always different from the people I went to school with, and I learned to embrace that.

In European countries and some Asian countries I've been to, there's a lot less hesitation and skepticism when it comes to enjoying culture. People are encouraged to be fans and be passionate about what they like.

Growing up in any big city, you get exposed to so many beautiful cultures. I've grown up with a lot of open eyes around me that's influenced my eyes to open.

My mum and dad were speaking all the time about, 'In Sudan we do this,' and 'In Egypt we do that,' so I was very aware of cultural differences. I was confused growing up; it gave me a feeling of being an outsider watching others. But I think this is good for a writer.

Well, if you look at all of the cultures in America, this is a great opportunity for us to really get acquainted with the rest of the world. America is the only place you can do that, but we don't have sense enough to take advantage of that.

To me, the good thing about living in L.A. is diversity in lifestyle choices, color, and religion.

I grew up in Africa surrounded by a lot of culture. It's made me aware that the world is a big place.

Globalization means we have to re-examine some of our ideas, and look at ideas from other countries, from other cultures, and open ourselves to them. And that's not comfortable for the average person.

I think the international appeal of SF is quite understandable since the kinds of people who like to read it, are, by the nature of the beast, interested in other cultures, of which other nations on Earth are the closest available example.

In a multicultural, diverse society there are countless ways in which people negotiate the everyday lived experience and reality of diversity.

I'm more of a culture hummingbird.

I find it very beautiful to work in different countries because I see the mentality differences there. It is so rich, one always carries forward something.

I'm anti-globalisation. There is nothing more enriching than to go out into the world and meet people different to you. We must fight the spread of a singular way of thinking and preserve cultural differences.

Our culture is not this thing to be seen from a distance. We need to be embracing the friction of it all - that is where the energy is.

I think it's important that the rest of the world know that we're not all the same and that we don't all have the sort of arrogance it feels like they're perceiving from our leaders.

I don't have to participate in another culture's ceremonies in order to respect that culture.

No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.