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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.
Val Kilmer
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Val Kilmer
Age: 64
Born: 1959
Born: December 31
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There are some directors I should have worked with. I`d like to have worked with Robert Altman - I turned him down a couple of times when I was younger. My thing now is if it`s a good director I`ll never say no - I`m just gonna say yes from now on.
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Give me the compliments. I love compliments. I was born modest, but it wore off.
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I love that Bob Dylan asked me to be in the first movie he wrote.
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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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I was looking for projects, as you always are, and I read this scene . . . and I'm in the Hollywood Hills. So I thought, 'This is interesting.' You have this setup that seems to be based in some reality and you can only wonder where Black's going to go with this.
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I went to public school in L.A., so I felt like I'd been in a coma for three years. I woke up, and moved to New York.
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Daryl Hannah likes to goof around with fashion, but she does have pretty impeccable taste.
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I learned a long time ago that place matters to me, on many levels, and maybe more than it should, but it is generally counter-productive for me to resist it.
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I just don't think I've ever been comfortable at public functions and selling myself as an entity.
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Peter Sellers was just a brilliant actor, and also comedic.
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Acting is very immediate.
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