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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.

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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There's nothing good about divorce.
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My only challenge is to entertain. And I accomplish my task better when I myself am entertained by what I am doing. I am very critical of myself, I constantly set the bar higher and higher. I try to surpass myself. That`s all. But I also know how to preserve myself, to not let myself get bedazzled by the smoke and mirrors.
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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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Everything in high school was reversed. If marijuana was supposed to make you mellow, I would be like, The cops, the cops, the cops... I was what you call the buzz kill.
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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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The audience and I have an intimacy that is, I believe, rare, most times out.
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Acting is very immediate.
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I love acting, and doing it well matters to me.
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Interesting characters are troubled characters. The only problem I've had in my business is very few people - unfortunately, very vocal - confusing the difficult role that I play with me. I play these guys, but I'm not like them. I've been accused of being difficult to work with.
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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.
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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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You never quiet the love message. Never.
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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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It hurts. I miss my kids. I miss my kids in so many ways that I can`t explain.
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My perception is that I've never done anything but work really hard.
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Well I sure had been looking for a comedy for years without any success.
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New Mexico is my home. It has never been anything but home. The ranch has rivers and canyon, everything imaginable. I can ride, hunt and fish. At the same time, ranching is grueling, difficult work. It`s like acting, to be successful at it, you have to work hard. I take it very seriously.
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