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Val Kilmer Biography

Val Edward Kilmer (born December 31, 1959) is an American actor. Originally a stage actor, Kilmer became popular in the mid-1980s after a string of appearances in comedy films, starting with Top Secret! (1984), then the cult classic Real Genius (1985), as well as the military action film Top Gun (1986), the fantasy film Willow (1988), and Doc Holliday in Tombstone (1993).

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In order to be an artist and an actor, like tackling the classics in the theater as well as film, there's lots of discipline, lots of work, physical work put in.

Artist, Classics, Discipline, Film, Order, Theater

The trick to being a good actor is getting so involved in your character that the camera disappears, the 50 bored guys eating doughnuts disappear, friends disappear. To get to that point when you don't have to think about it, you're just acting and reacting in those circumstances.

Actor, Bored, Character, Doughnuts, Involved, Thinking

It`s always been the same for me. I`ve always enjoyed acting, and I really love good actors; they`re such unique characters. I wish I could tell stories well, or tell a joke. Any time someone can do that it`s so satisfying. Sean Penn, for instance, is a really good actor, and he can tell a good joke or story. But it`s hard to do. Most actors have special talents that make them attractive, but they`re often odd characters.

Acting, Character, Characters, Time, Unique, Wish

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

Done, Hard, Perception

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.

Challenges, Mirrors, Smoke, Task, Trying

News is something that happens that matters to you, which is not most of what we watch on television.

Happens, Matters, News, Television, Watches

The audience and I have an intimacy that is, I believe, rare, most times out.

Believe, I Believe, Intimacy, Rare, Times

I don't think of my life as a cliche, but I'm a cliche eccentric. Complete with a strange name - I mean, who's named Val? How many Vals do you know? I mean, really?

Eccentric, Mean, Names, Thinking, Val

Do what you like to do so well that someone will pay you wages for it.

Like, Pay, Wages, Wells

Acting is very immediate.

Acting, Immediate

I never cultivated a personality. Almost everyone who is really famous has cultivated a personality.

Cultivated, Everyone, Famous, Personality

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 bein.

Character, Difficult, People, Play, Unfortunately, Vocal

A hundred million dollars in the art world is a substantial amount of cash to do anything.

Amount, Art, Dollars, Million, World

If you look up the definition of news in the dictionary, it isn't what you watch on TV.

Definition, Definitions, News, Tvs, Watch

There's nothing good about divorce.

Divorce, Good, Nothing

I liked being Doc Holliday. It's fun to be insightful and aristocratic, to stand up for your friend and make sacrifices for him. It was fun to be arrogant like he was and have the goods to back it up. He was a very noble character. Although, let's not forget, he did kill a lot of people.

Aristocratic, Character, Doc, Fun, People, Sacrifice

The Secret Service is a strange group. They don't really have a leader. It's not set up like a military. Each one is supposed to be able to act like a leader when something comes up.

Leader, Like, Military, Secret, Service, Strange

If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want. . . well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.

Decaffeinated, Fake People, Real, Right, Tasty, Thinking

I just don't think I've ever been comfortable at public functions and selling myself as an entity.

Comfortable, Entity, Public, Selling, Think, Thinking

I'm a character actor, but I look like a leading man.

Actors, Character, Leading, Like, Look, Men

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