The trick to being a good actor is getting so involved in your character that the camera disappears, … - Val Kilmer

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I’m not gonna sit around and waste my precious divine energy trying to explain and be ashamed of things you think are wrong with me.

Val Kilmer

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.

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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.

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Again, in Wag the Dog, war has to be declared by an act of congress. But if you go to war, you don't have to declare war. You're just at war and we did that, which is not legal.

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It's important to be yourself. What art does for everyone, helps you understand yourself and in a distilled way, whether it's a painting or a scene in acting or a joke. It distills something about everyday life that can be important to you.

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There is no normal life, there's just life. You live it.

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I saw the horizon. It's out there. And though I may not ever be able to touch it, it's worth reaching for.

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