Val Kilmer Quotes

If I can still be successful making films and no-one will ever know me, then that would be great. Because we (actors) just like to do what we do. People who are doing it for fame, I don't know if they ever get really successful.

You always have in the back of your mind that would be cool if you get recognized. But you can't concentrate on any of those things. You've got to just keep playing and doing your music and the rest is just a bonus.

I think expressing yourself and working hard can't help but have great results. Look at Zach Galifanakis. He didn't tweet. He didn't have a podcast. He just went out and did the funniest standup you'll ever see in your life. And he was rewarded for that.

I do not understand the pleasure of being so famous. I just don't get it. I love acting and doing the work. That's what it's all about for me.

For some people, fame kills it and becomes more important than the music or the performance. But for me fame is like rocket fuel. The more my fans like what I'm doing, the more I want to give back to them. And my passion is so strong I can't sleep - I haven'tslept for three days.

At first all I wanted to be was famous; then I realized that fame had nothing to do with talent. I felt that I didn't do anything quite well enough, that I was one of those people who was famous but not very talented. So I said, okay, I'll be the Dinah Shore of the Seventies, on TV all the time but nobody quite knows why.

I never cease to be amazed why some of my friends became famous and others, just as talented, didn't. I've come to suspect it's a matter of wanting fame or not, and those who don't want it, don't get it.

Fame and fortune should never get in front of your passion. The passion will generate the fame and fortune, if you're good enough.

Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

I discovered that I act because I really love to act. I don't act because maybe it will get me a magazine cover or that I can get on a talk show.

I really love to act; I love everything about it. I've never had this addiction to being known. I mean, sure, if you go into acting, there's part of you that is saying, 'I want attention' but I was brought up to work to deserve attention, and it is the work, not the trappings that are important.

For me, it's never been about being famous. I just want to be a successful singer. I wanna work hard... If I'm in the papers, grace, but I want to be there for the right reasons - for my music.

You'd be surprised how many movie stars still care about the work.

No one can arrive from being talented alone, work transforms talent into genius.

I wouldn't have a No. 1 record or song if I wasn't a hardworking person.

There isn't any great mystery about me. What I do is glamorous and has an awful lot of white-hot attention placed on it. But the actual work requires the same discipline and passion as any job you love doing, be it as a very good pipe fitter or a highly creative artist.

I never did love Hollywood, I just loved the work.

You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because you think you're going to get famous, because that's luck.

It takes a long time to get to be a diva. I mean, you gotta work at it.

I love acting, so it's easy when you have a passion for it. I've always found the harder you work, the luckier you get.

Every time an Oscar is given out, an agent gets his wings.

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Kids will ask us 'How do you become famous?' It's the wrong question. Focus on the craft, not on the fame.

I have worked with many, many talented and dedicated people.