Val Kilmer Quotes

Beyond any role that I ever had, really early on as a stand-up, I would see actors decide to try it and they would bomb miserably. What I realized was that stand-up, acting and writing are all their own disciplines.

I was Aladdin, and then I was Captain Von Trapp from 'Sound Of Music' when I was 7 or 8, and then King Arthur. I was always the lead. I've always enjoyed being onstage, acting obnoxious, being someone that wasn't me, hiding behind a character.

I got into standup because I wanted to be an actor, and then I ended up loving standup for the next eleven years.

My father was an entertainer, and he knew what he was doing.

WWE prepares you for so much other stuff in entertainment.

At the end of the day, stand-up comedy is like acting when the audience are the other characters that I'm acting with.

A ham is simply any actor who has not been successful in repressing his natural instincts.

Everyone has to do the same work as actors - I teach acting. But there are those people who come on, and there's just something about them in and above themselves that has to do with chemistry and electricity - this aura about them. And that's unmistakable. Do I have that? Yeah, I think I have that.

I always was a performer, from the time I was little. It was always a natural place for me to be.

I was always sort of a ham as a kid, just always wanting to entertain and to get people to laugh.

I always felt that I was more of an actress than a - I can't tell a joke to save my soul, but that I was a comedic actress.

Being an entertainer includes knowing how to connect with an audience.

I love to sing! To be in a movie with musical number is the coolest thing ever!

I love being on stage, I love being able to tell a story, I love the fact that the audience listens and laughs at it. It makes me happy, and it's what I live for.

I always say that I was dancing and acting in the belly. I feel like it's something I was born with and inspired by my family since I grew up backstage, watching them perform. I guess it was just a natural path for me.

I think Carrie Preston is one of the most talented actresses I've ever met in my entire life. I've seen her do a lot of other things, and she's fantastic.

I grew up singing since the age of three. Vocally trained since the age of eight. Fascinated by Mary Poppins and all those musical movies and really knew that I wanted to be a performer.

I love doing radio, and I love doing stand-up, obviously.

When I was 11, I played the part of Rumpelstiltskin, and my teacher told me I would make a great actor.

Great acting may be a turn-on, but it won't make me fantasize about the person for a week.

Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the stage when he has the whole world to act in, is not clear to me.

At the age of 15 I began my singing lessons, and once I became a professional performer, I dove into acting.

In 'Seesaw,' I played Gittel Mosca, and because it was a musical, I loved it more because I was able to do anything. I was able to use all parts of me that I don't get to use... the comedy and the singing and the dancing.

I love TV and I love making films and I love doing plays. I feel very lucky to be able to do all three.

There's nothing more fun than being out on stage and getting the vibe from the crowd. There's nothing like being on a set where you are there to make other people happy and to make them laugh. That's the best job in the world.