Val Kilmer

Hollywood is wonderful, but it does eat its young.

— Val Kilmer

I'm fairly sure I didn't show enough gratitude to my employers, and I'm sorry for that.

— Val Kilmer

You just don't understand humility until you have children and get divorced.

— Val Kilmer

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

— Val Kilmer

Well I sure had been looking for a comedy for years without any success.

— Val Kilmer

Everything in high school was reversed. If marijuana was supposed to make you mellow, I would be like, "The cops, the cops,…

— 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

Warner Bros offered me the next Batman, and the only reason that I didn't do it was because of The Saint.

— Val Kilmer

When you're young, you're always concerned about how you're being seen and how you're being criticized.

— Val Kilmer

I never had a business plan. I did, actually - I'm lying. My business plan was to get lucky, and I did;…

— 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

I went to public school in L.A., so I felt like I'd been in a coma for three years. I woke up,…

— Val Kilmer

My children have absolutely no interest in my fame. They're very sophisticated, and they have a spiritual perspective on material things because…

— 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…

— Val Kilmer

Interesting characters are troubled characters. The only problem I've had in my business is very few people - unfortunately, very vocal -…

— Val Kilmer

My only challenge is to entertain. And I accomplish my task better when I myself am entertained by what I am doing.…

— Val Kilmer

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…

— 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

We take what's shown on television as the truth, and it isn't. News isn't even the truth on television. If you look…

— 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

There are only three reasons to do a movie: the cast, the director, the role. Like I say, you live in a…

— Val Kilmer

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

Warren Beatty once told me that if someone's really stuck on you, find them their next boyfriend. But I could never do…

— Val Kilmer

Mark Twain is a universe, and he is also a kind of American authority figure. He can say things to America that…

— Val Kilmer

Big movies are fun and it's great to fly on private jets and make a lot of money and all the things…

— Val Kilmer

I was in love with Tina Goodman since I was three and her parents came popping out of the trash cans. I…

— Val Kilmer

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

— Val Kilmer

It sounds corny to say, but the theater is sacred; something transcendent can occur, and when it does, everyone grows. It's a…

— Val Kilmer

Postman is a media analyst and his theory is that television doesn't influence our culture, but that it is our culture and…

— Val Kilmer

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

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

With legitimate journalists I've always had a great time - I've never gone out of my way to court the press. That's…

— 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

It was very serious and I wanted to do something really different so there was this comedy called TOP SECRET.

— Val Kilmer

I fell in love with the land and with the very old fashioned idea of leaving a physical legacy for my children.…

— Val Kilmer

My first girlfriend in high school, I had a girlfriend in grade school, but my first girlfriend in high school was Mare…

— Val Kilmer

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

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

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

— 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