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 KilmerThere are lots of actors who are awful people, but nobody talks about them being awful because they've made billions.
Val KilmerDoing my first movie, I realized I could get into real bad habits. If you're the star, all you have to do is show up, and 20 people say, 'Do you want anything? What is it? Let me get it for you.' Believe me, you get spoiled very quickly. I saw some of my contemporaries allow themselves to have that fame, thinking they could handle it. It messed them up.
Val Kilmer