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 More Quotes by Val Kilmer More Quotes From Val Kilmer I fell in love with the land and with the very old fashioned idea of leaving a physical legacy for my children. A stunning place, with a magnificent forest of trees, and a magnificent river. Val Kilmer land children ideas I went to public school in L.A., so I felt like I'd been in a coma for three years. I woke up, and moved to New York. Val Kilmer new-york years school If you know where your spiritual center is, and you neglect it, peace will always allude you. Val Kilmer neglect spiritual knows I learned a long time ago that place matters to me, on many levels, and maybe more than it should, but it is generally counter-productive for me to resist it. Val Kilmer levels matter long There are only three reasons to do a movie: the cast, the director, the role. Like I say, you live in a minute of screen time, but to prepare for the minute takes much more than a day. You'd better be excited about what those moments are, even if they're the hardest moments. Or the smallest. Val Kilmer roles three directors If you play Mark Twain and he's not funny, you are definitely not playing Mark Twain. That was the biggest challenge, in some ways. Writing and performing jokes that can come out of that brilliant delivery system he constructed: the friendly, avuncular truth-teller. Val Kilmer challenges play writing Art is a way to get strength from something that is life-affirming. It can be quite violent and still be life-affirming. Val Kilmer violent way art If you look up the definition of news in the dictionary, it isn't what you watch on TV. Val Kilmer news watches looks Mark Twain was an artist working at the highest level. He wrote a book, his masterpiece, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, that put America on the world stage for literature. It's almost as if, if you start reading that book as a racist, you cannot finish it and still be a racist. Val Kilmer reading adventure book Sometimes, I wonder what I'm doing back in Los Angeles, but when you look out there... How can you complain when you see a whale cresting, matter-of-factly, as you make your breakfast? Val Kilmer whales looks breakfast Big movies are fun and it`s great to fly on private jets and make a lot of money and all the things that are connected with Hollywood, but they take a lot of your own life. Val Kilmer hollywood bigs fun The only time it`s ever like work is when you don`t like what you`ve done. I`m very lucky in that I haven`t cultivated fame. Which, from what I`ve seen of my contemporaries, takes an enormous amount of time. I have a lot of respect for people that do it and they`re successful at it ... Especially people that aren`t such talented actors. Val Kilmer lucky successful people I think part of my reputation has to do with the difficult roles I've played. Actors do tend to get identified with their characters. Val Kilmer roles character thinking I love acting, and doing it well matters to me. Val Kilmer wells acting matter Everything in high school was reversed. If marijuana was supposed to make you mellow, I would be like, "The cops, the cops, the cops..." I was what you call the buzz kill. Val Kilmer marijuana would-be school Mark Twain is a voice of truth and a voice of equality and a voice of tolerance. Which means he is a voice of love. Val Kilmer tolerance voice mean So it`s always helped me to have a foundation, an ideal to strive for and goals. It`s hard for me to be disciplined and plan things. Val Kilmer strive foundation goal I'm not just an actor born in L.A. I was born in the Griffith Park Hospital. You can't get any more clichéd than that. Val Kilmer parks born actors You never quiet the love message. Never. Val Kilmer messages quiet I'm a better person when I'm preparing for a role, when I'm studying a role. Val Kilmer better-person roles study
