Val Kilmer Quotes

It's hard to talk about yourself onstage and be sincere about it.

I don't like talking about myself and I don't like talking about the work.

I don't like to talk about myself that much.

I don't get nervous talking about my films, but if I'm the subject, it's hard.

I don't find it easy for me to talk about me.

It's an uncomfortable thing to talk about myself, in general.

There are quite a few honest songwriters out there writing about relationships and their own personality traits. But for some reason, once they step out of the bedroom, their honesty doesn't seem to come with them.

People ask me to describe myself, but it's a very personal thing. You don't feel comfortable.

I'm just not used to talking that much about myself. It feels strange.

I don't think that just because you go on stage you are an exhibitionist.

I'm shy. I am. I mean, if I get around, you know, in a room of a bunch of people especially I - you know, I don't know or - it takes me a while to warm up. I'm - and the real me, I'm not as witty as, you know, as the comic Wanda. The comic, she's had time to work on some things.

I'm actually pretty shy in real life. But I guess in front of the camera, I focus.

I'm not shy, exactly, but I am private. I don't like to talk about myself. I had to learn - I was interviewed for print, radio and even TV.

Sometimes I find myself in this super-raw place onstage where I'm like, 'Maybe that's not the best thing. Maybe I need to shut down a little.'

At school, people would say I should go on 'Britain's Got Talent,' but I would never have done that because it doesn't seem genuine; it doesn't feel natural.

Me being a shy kid, very closed off, showing vulnerability in a character was sort of a safe space on stage. It's always been in my toolbox, there for me when I need it.

I'm not great at talking about myself.

When you do interviews, you have to talk about yourself - and I like to find out about other people. I am so familiar with everything that I do. I've said it over and over again. I think it is boring.

I found at an early age the times when I learned the most about myself was when I got thrown out there on a stage in front of a microphone when you didn't really want to be out there, where you're kind of afraid.

It might take me an hour to get to feel at ease with somebody. I don't find it easy to go into a room full of 10 people and give it all away. In the pilot season in Los Angeles I've done that a couple of times.

I just hate talking about myself.

I'm not an acting monk or anything. I'm not, like, the most well-adjusted actor.

It's like taking over This Is Your Life from Eamonn Andrews - you just open your mouth and hope you sound like yourself. That's all you can possibly do.

I really liked drama and being in plays, so when I was playing a character onstage and I could act like somebody else, then I wasn't scared or nervous, but I didn't like meeting new people when I had to be myself. That was scary.

Actors talking about themselves. Nothing better!