Quotes by Val Kilmer

About Val Kilmer:

Val Edward Kilmer is an American actor. Originally a stage actor, Kilmer became popular in the mid-1980s after a string of appearances in comedy films, starting with Top Secret! (1984), then the cult classic Real Genius (1985), as well as the blockbuster action film Top Gun (1986) and the swords and sorcery fantasy film Willow (1988).
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It's the first time that I've ever had an art show based on a film, but it's a photography collage.

Val Kilmer

I'm going to put a museum on my ranch and people keep saying, 'That's a huge idea.' Yeah, it's big, but not bigger than the average big movie. A hundred million dollars in the art world is a substantial amount of cash to do anything. That's maybe a b...

Val Kilmer

That's the joy of art - it should be dangerous and challenging but it's just art - it's safe.

Val Kilmer

My father was raised in the mountains of New Mexico, and he picked cotton for a dollar a day. He was working for the family from the time he was 7.

Val Kilmer

I never had a business plan. I did, actually - I'm lying. My business plan was to get lucky, and I did; that was great. And then my second business plan was to get lucky again, and there, I faltered.

Val Kilmer

One out of 100 citizens of the U.S. is going to prison, and it's not that the system is making criminals, it's that it's making criminals better criminals. We're breeding them like rats and it has to change.

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I think death is just a transition to another state of consciousness.

Val Kilmer

Most films made about the future acquiesce toward death, and I don't want to be told how to define my future.

Val Kilmer

Youth is seen as everything. You don't know anything when you're young. It's great being older, just having a more balanced perspective. I wake up and realise that what seemed to be important last year no longer is. I'm increasingly grateful for ever...

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The first play I saw was a Samuel Beckett play which was great.

Val Kilmer

With legitimate journalists I've always had a great time - I've never gone out of my way to court the press. That's probably cost me some money, but I've always had the respect of my peers.

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I would probably do anything with David Mamet. He's so great. I just love his writing.

Val Kilmer

It's fun to look at people that are so good at acting that aren't actors, like David Bowie creating a mystique about rock n' roll. I've listened to 'Ziggy Stardust' as much as any rock n' roll fan - I don't really know what it's about, but it sure is...

Val Kilmer

There's nothing good about divorce.

Val Kilmer

It's fun to look at people that are so good at acting that aren't actors, like David Bowie creating a mystique about rock n' roll.

Val Kilmer

The good reviews that people have told me about through the years haven't really helped me do my job. So it's kind of like, if your hair turns out right you want to go out, you don't just want to stay in and look in the mirror. That's kind of what re...

Val Kilmer

If you're in a hit movie, it's good to be in another hit movie straight away.

Val Kilmer

I never cultivated a personality. Almost everyone who is really famous has cultivated a personality.

Val Kilmer

I don't think of my life as a cliche, but I'm a cliche eccentric. Complete with a strange name - I mean, who's named Val? How many Vals do you know? I mean, really?

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Life is precious, and when someone dies it's an opportunity to realise how precious it is. My brother drowned when I was 17. He was 15. I think I grew from that. My father didn't. It really crushed him.

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Author Bio

  • NameVal Kilmer
  • DescriptionAmerican actor
  • AliasesVal Edward Kilmer
  • BornDecember 31, 1959
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Film Actor; Poet; Voice Actor