201 Quotes by Val Kilmer

Hollywood’s like a warehouse. It’s just a place that you go. What’s interesting in the warehouse has to do with the creative people.

I’m going to put a museum on my ranch and people keep saying, ‘That’s a huge idea.’ Yeah, it’s big, but not bigger than the average big movie. A hundred million dollars in the art world is a substantial amount of cash to do anything. That’s maybe a big gallery’s total sales for a given year.

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

If you’re in a hit movie, it’s good to be in another hit movie straight away.

I’m very wary of news on television.

Life is precious, and when someone dies it’s an opportunity to realise how precious it is. My brother drowned when I was 17. He was 15. I think I grew from that. My father didn’t. It really crushed him.

I saw the horizon. It’s out there. And though I may not ever be able to touch it, it’s worth reaching for.

I think part of my reputation has to do with the difficult roles I’ve played. Actors do tend to get identified with their characters.

You just don’t understand humility until you have children and get divorced. I was very hurt and very angry and so was she. But when kids are involved, you either become friends with respect or you become mortal enemies.