I have never taken my career seriously. My only ambition was to grow as an actor. — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
I think part of my reputation has to do with the difficult roles I've played. Actors do tend to get identified with… — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
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… — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
It's fun to look at people that are so good at acting that aren't actors, like David Bowie creating a mystique about… — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
There are lots of actors who are awful people, but nobody talks about them being awful because they've made billions. — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
It is a weird thing that actors have people applaud when they're done working. I still find that entertaining. — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
It's the persona that makes you a leading actor. A leading actor has something extra that's fun to watch. But it isn't… — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
In order to be an artist and an actor, like tackling the classics in the theater as well as film, there's lots… — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
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… — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
The trick to being a good actor is getting so involved in your character that the camera disappears, the 50 bored guys… — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
It's always been the same for me. I've always enjoyed acting, and I really love good actors; they're such unique characters. I… — Val Kilmer Copy Share Image
A lot of old guys in movies are like cowboys - they talk like cowboys and they dress like cowboys. — Val Kilmer Copy Share
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… — Val Kilmer Copy Share
It's a really weird thing, modern divorce. I found out I was getting divorced on television. That was kind of weird. — Val Kilmer Copy Share
I was in love with Tina Goodman since I was three and her parents came popping out of the trash cans. I think it… — Val Kilmer Copy Share
Without deadlines and restrictions I just tend to become preoccupied with other things. — Val Kilmer Copy Share
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 Copy Share
There are lots of actors who are awful people, but nobody talks about them being awful because they've made billions. — Val Kilmer Copy Share
Mark Twain had a way of telling stories that shifts your consciousness away from labels. — Val Kilmer Copy Share
I've found that Hollywood's a really honest business. They don't pull any punches. They tell you exactly what you want-I want the fake breasts… — Val Kilmer Copy Share
There was such a relationship between the buffalo and the American Indian - the Indians would eat them, live inside their pelts, use every… — Val Kilmer Copy Share
