A wonderful but kind of a terrible truth about acting is that you actually get to a point where you become content with an impossible task: it is really impossible to properly prepare. You kind of have to start over every time.
Val KilmerI think part of my reputation has to do with the difficult roles I've played. Actors do tend to get identified with their characters.
Val KilmerMark Twain is a voice of truth and a voice of equality and a voice of tolerance. Which means he is a voice of love.
Val KilmerOne 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.
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