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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.

Val Kilmer

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Val Kilmer
Age: 64
Born: 1959
Born: December 31
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Val Edward Kilmer
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If you know where your spiritual center is, and you neglect it, peace will always allude you.
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I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates when he said...I drank what?
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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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It is a weird thing that actors have people applaud when they're done working. I still find that entertaining.
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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.
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Acting is not a science. Anybody who believes that their success exists in relation to their goals is deluding themselves unless you think of a career in terms of financial goals. I have nothing against Tom Cruise, but he must have a large capacity to deal with the business side of movies.
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Mark Twain is a universe, and he is also a kind of American authority figure. He can say things to America that other people can't say, in a way that can truly be heard.
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Do what you like to do so well that someone will pay you wages for it.
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I'm not just an actor born in L.A. I was born in the Griffith Park Hospital. You can't get any more clichéd than that.
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It may or may not sound pretentious. But I`ve turned down, consciously and specifically, many jobs I knew would have been a pretty surefire way to go about making a lot of money, being recognized and gaining power in the industry.
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Warren Beatty once told me that if someone's really stuck on you, find them their next boyfriend. But I could never do that.
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I'm a better person when I'm preparing for a role, when I'm studying a role.
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Mark Twain is a voice of truth and a voice of equality and a voice of tolerance. Which means he is a voice of love.
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