There are lots of actors who are awful people, but nobody talks about them being awful because they've made billions. Val Kilmer More Quotes by Val Kilmer More Quotes From Val Kilmer I liked being Doc Holliday. It's fun to be insightful and aristocratic, to stand up for your friend and make sacrifices for him. It was fun to be arrogant like he was and have the goods to back it up. He was a very noble character. Although, let's not forget, he did kill a lot of people. Val Kilmer sacrificefuncharacter There is no normal life, there's just life. You live it. Val Kilmer normal-lifenormalmeaningful It's important to be yourself. What art does for everyone, helps you understand yourself and in a distilled way, whether it's a painting or a scene in acting or a joke. It distills something about everyday life that can be important to you. Val Kilmer being-yourselfeverydayart I saw the horizon. It's out there. And though I may not ever be able to touch it, it's worth reaching for. Val Kilmer horizonvisiondream I don't make any pretense about being normal. I'm not. Val Kilmer pretensenormal I respect people who can do both careers, like Will Smith and a couple of other people who have done it, but I just don't know when they sleep. Val Kilmer respectcouplesleep I think spiritual perception comes from natural and healthy relationship to the land and I've had that. I get an easy, automatic sense of myself in nature, a wholeness and I feel nowhere else. I think people should live where praying is most immediate. That`s why I live in New Mexico. The physical terrain, the feeling, the environment and culture improve my life just by waking up there. Val Kilmer landspiritualthinking It looked like it might not work out with Michael Keaton, so they asked Joel Schumacher, `Who do you want for Batman?` When he said me, I asked my agent, `Why? Who did they not get?` I`d met with Joel a couple of times before about other (movies). I didn`t know anything in terms of the cast, story or anything, but I said, `Sure, sounds like fun.` - On accepting his role as Batman. Val Kilmer work-outcouplefun The trick to being a good actor is getting so involved in your character that the camera disappears, the 50 bored guys eating doughnuts disappear, friends disappear. To get to that point when you don't have to think about it, you're just acting and reacting in those circumstances. Val Kilmer boredcharacterthinking Give me the compliments. I love compliments. I was born modest, but it wore off. Val Kilmer borngivingcompliment Warren Beatty once told me that if someone's really stuck on you, find them their next boyfriend. But I could never do that. Val Kilmer beattystucknext Again, in Wag the Dog, war has to be declared by an act of congress. But if you go to war, you don't have to declare war. You're just at war and we did that, which is not legal. Val Kilmer wagsdogwar That's the joy of art - it should be dangerous and challenging but it's just art - it's safe. Val Kilmer challengesjoyart I don't believe in death. I think it's just a state of mind. Val Kilmer mindbelievethinking It hurts. I miss my kids. I miss my kids in so many ways that I can`t explain. Val Kilmer hurtmissingkids You just don't understand humility until you have children and get divorced. I was very hurt and very angry and so was she. But when kids are involved, you either become friends with respect or you become mortal enemies. Val Kilmer hurtkidschildren I'm very wary of news on television. Val Kilmer newstelevision Once is more than generous for any lifetime. Val Kilmer generouslifetime If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing. Val Kilmer fake-peoplerealthinking Hollywood's like a warehouse. It's just a place that you go. What's interesting in the warehouse has to do with the creative people. Val Kilmer creativepeopleinteresting
