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A wonderful but kind of a terrible truth about acting is that you actually get to a point where you become content with an impossible task: it is really impossible to properly prepare. You kind of have to start over every time.
Val Kilmer
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Val Kilmer
Age: 64
Born: 1959
Born: December 31
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I'm a character actor, but I look like a leading man.
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I was in love with Tina Goodman since I was three and her parents came popping out of the trash cans. I think it made a big impression on me.
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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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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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It's a really weird thing, modern divorce. I found out I was getting divorced on television. That was kind of weird.
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Well I sure had been looking for a comedy for years without any success.
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There was no one around called 'Val' when I was young, so I wanted to be John or Bill. Now I like it.
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