201 Quotes by Val Kilmer

There are only three reasons to do a movie: the cast, the director, the role. Like I say, you live in a minute of screen time, but to prepare for the minute takes much more than a day. You’d better be excited about what those moments are, even if they’re the hardest moments. Or the smallest.

My perception is that I’ve never done anything but work really hard.

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 fake breasts and the flat car and the big pool. You know, they’re real up-front about it.

Most films made about the future acquiesce toward death, and I don’t want to be told how to define my future.

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.

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

So it’s always helped me to have a foundation, an ideal to strive for and goals. It’s hard for me to be disciplined and plan things.

There was no one around called ‘Val’ when I was young, so I wanted to be John or Bill. Now I like it.

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