Val Kilmer quotes

Val Kilmer is an American actor known for his diverse roles in film and theater. His performances in movies like "Top Gun," "The Doors," and "Batman Forever" have brought him widespread fame. He has also garnered admiration for his dedication to complex and challenging characters throughout his career. Here are 68 of his quotes:

News is something that happens that matters to you, which is not most of what we watch on television. (Val Kilmer)

If you look up the definition of news in the dictionary, it isn't what you watch on TV.

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I'm very wary of news on television.

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Acting is very immediate.

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I think death is just a transition to another state of consciousness.

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Without deadlines and restrictions I just tend to become preoccupied with other things.

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I respect people who can do both careers, like Will Smith and a couple of other people who have done it, but I just don't know when they sleep.

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It's the first time that I've ever had an art show based on a film, but it's a photography collage.

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I have two children and they're young yet but all of the children that I know really inspire me.

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Why do women get paid less money? It doesn't make any sense.

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My perception is that I've never done anything but work really hard. (Val Kilmer)

I sang the songs in 'The Doors'.

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A lot of old guys in movies are like cowboys - they talk like cowboys and they dress like cowboys.

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The character wasn't polite, so when I shook Grazer's hand and he said, 'Hi, I'm the producer,' I said, 'I'm sorry. You look like you're 12 years old. I like to work with men.

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The first play I saw was a Samuel Beckett play which was great.

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Mark Twain created a new type of literature and not a lot of people can say that. Not a lot of people can say they're absolutely original and completely self-made.

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

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

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

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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.

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Jim Thompson understood something about the serial killer before the psychology caught up to it, which is that they are detached to it and they do want to get caught. (Val Kilmer)

There are a thousand ways to play any role.

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Again, in Wag the Dog, war has to be declared by an act of congress. But if you go to war, you don't have to declare war. You're just at war and we did that, which is not legal.

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There's nothing good about divorce.

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Postman is a media analyst and his theory is that television doesn't influence our culture, but that it is our culture and the presidency and anything that relies on television.

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Val Kilmer

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Photo: Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0

Occupation: American Actor
Born: December 31, 1959
Died: April 1, 2025
Quotes count: 68
Wikipedia: Val Kilmer

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