Quote of the Day

[wowie]

"One of the most valuable things I’ve been reminded of is the value of compassion. The importance of mercy. Especially towards people that you don’t understand or you have differences with. Understanding that even the smallest person matters. Let’s say we’re sitting in a restaurant and we’re talking about compassion and humility and how bad prejudice is, and the waiter comes over, and you say, “go away, we’re busy talking, can’t you see that?” you’ve blown everything you just said. So it does matter how Merry and Pippin talk to each other. It does matter how I treat my son. It does matter how I deal with a waiter or anybody. It’s what each person does and how they react, that’s what makes community, what makes a society. It’s obvious, but what else is there? and that’s what the story tells you."

Viggo Mortensen
by Emmanuel Itier
theBookLA.com
2004

Comments

[randomrattle.livejournal.com]

Word to that.

Viggo is so astonishing, you know. And I bet when he's tired and cranky and fails his own standard that he is absolutely savage with himself about it---forgetting that he, too, alas, is only human.

Love these quotes you find. I read every one of them.