Viggo Mortensen Quotes

Our relationship is very good. When Ibra gets annoyed, I prefer not to reply because I know how he can react. I prefer to calmly count to ten.

I'm not a screamer. I'm confrontational, but I don't think that translates into anger.

Well, I'm not a violent person. You have to back off. People sometimes will try you and try you until you try not to, but you have to react. Normally, I just walk away.

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

If something happens, you have to realize that you can't just yell at people all the time.

I don't want to be the angry guy.

And I'm not so in love with making people mad that I want to live my life around it.

If you're yelling you're the one who's lost control of the conversation.

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.

Never get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people.

I feel like we sometimes let our emotions and anger get in the way.

I used to just lose my temper and tell the audience to shut up.

When you feel anger arising, remember to return to your breathing and follow it. The other person may see that you are practicing, and she may even apologize.

You can't go fighting everyone that's harsh towards you.

I mean, I feel like you get more bees with honey. But that doesn't mean I don't get frustrated in my life.

There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.

I teach kids that want to be tough that their fists are not the way.

It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either.

Before I finished another level of Scientology auditing, I had a very hard time with being wrong and I always had to have my own way - and not in a good sense. After auditing, I was able to have my thoughts, communicate them and not have to be right all the time.

I'm not always angry. In fact, I think I usually go out of my way to try to find roles that don't seem to be like me.

Sometimes I yell, sometimes I raise my voice. I am trying to do it less, because it's not always attractive. It's not always the right thing to do.

If I become defensive and upset right away, then that's going to adversely affect how I deal with it and it's probably not going to be good press for me and probably be bad just because I'm angry. Just be open and pleasant.

I have a very sharp tongue, I'm very impatient, and it's a lifelong struggle.

My position does not give me the liberty to exclude anything, but my mood tells me there will not be violence.

The best way to make a good deal is to have the ability to walk away from it.