Val Kilmer

Hollywood is wonderful, but it does eat its young.

— Val Kilmer

I learned a long time ago that place matters to me, on many levels, and maybe more than it should, but it…

— Val Kilmer

What I do for a living is listen.

— Val Kilmer

I sang the songs in 'The Doors'.

— Val Kilmer

Acting is not a science. Anybody who believes that their success exists in relation to their goals is deluding themselves; unless you…

— Val Kilmer

If you know where your spiritual center is, and you neglect it, peace will always allude you.

— Val Kilmer

There was no one around called 'Val' when I was young, so I wanted to be John or Bill. Now I like…

— Val Kilmer

I think spiritual perception comes from natural and healthy relationship to the land and I've had that. I get an easy, automatic…

— Val Kilmer

You never quiet the love message. Never.

— Val Kilmer

You just don't understand humility until you have children and get divorced. I was very hurt and very angry and so was…

— Val Kilmer

Mark Twain is as big as America. He really is.

— Val Kilmer

Give me the compliments. I love compliments. I was born modest, but it wore off.

— Val Kilmer

Sometimes, I wonder what I'm doing back in Los Angeles, but when you look out there... How can you complain when you…

— Val Kilmer

Being creative and making money in the theater is very challenging.

— Val Kilmer

I've been very fortunate and met the guys that have become, basically, philosophers and have a kind of sensibility about life that's…

— Val Kilmer

I have never taken my career seriously. My only ambition was to grow as an actor.

— Val Kilmer

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

So it`s always helped me to have a foundation, an ideal to strive for and goals. It`s hard for me to be…

— Val Kilmer

My perception is that I've never done anything but work really hard.

— Val Kilmer

Once is more than generous for any lifetime.

— Val Kilmer

It`s probably fair to say I have taken myself too seriously on some jobs. I`m sure I`m more guilty of being difficult…

— Val Kilmer

Doing my first movie, I realized I could get into real bad habits. If you're the star, all you have to do…

— Val Kilmer

I respect people who can do both careers, like Will Smith and a couple of other people who have done it, but…

— Val Kilmer

It may or may not sound pretentious. But I`ve turned down, consciously and specifically, many jobs I knew would have been a…

— Val Kilmer

It looked like it might not work out with Michael Keaton, so they asked Joel Schumacher, `Who do you want for Batman?`…

— Val Kilmer