Val Kilmer
Val Kilmer Trivia
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In September 2008 governor Bill Richardson revealed he would like Val to replace him in the role when he steps down in 2011. Governor Richardson counts Val's being a New Mexican and a successful actor as attributes and believes he would make a fine candidate.
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After 50 Cent was accused of trying to kill his son and ex-girlfriend by arson, he bought a 1965 Chevy Impala for his Streets of Blood in Louisiana co-star Val Kilmer. The two share a love of vintage cars.
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Val has had relationships with the following women: Jaycee Gossett (businesswoman; dated 1998) Cindy Crawford (model; dated 1996) Drew Barrymore (actress; dated 1995) Ellen Barkin (actress; dated 1984)
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Val's salaries for three films: At First Sight (1999) - $9,000,000 The Saint (1997) - $6,000,000 Batman Forever (1995) - $7,000,000
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Val has appeared in three Tony Scott films (one in each decade): Top Gun (1986), True Romance (1993), and Deja Vu (2006).
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Val's younger brother, Wesley, drowned in the family's swimming pool when Val was in high school.
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Val's family has Scottish, Irish, Sephardic Jewish, Cherokee Native American (from his paternal great-grandmother), Swedish, German and distant Mongolian ancestry.
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Val's favorite band is Rage Against the Machine.
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Val broke his arm while filming The Doors. He was shooting a scene in which he had to jump from the stage into a crowd and the stuntman didn't catch him. The injury left him with a growth on his left elbow. You can see it clearly in many scenes in the film Heat, which was made four years later.
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Val takes choosing roles very seriously. He has turned down roles in films such as: Dune (1984), Blue Velvet (1986), Flatliners (1990), Captain America (1990), Backdraft (1991), Sliver (1993), Point Break (1991), In the Line of Fire (1993), Indecent Proposal (1993), Crimson Tide (1995), Batman & Robin (1997), The Insider (1999), Bandits (2001), a cameo in Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), Collateral (2004), and Dark Matter (2007).
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Val was offered Patrick Swayze's role in the 1987 film Dirty Dancing. He turned it down, saying that he didn't want to be thought of as a "hunk."
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Val loves candles.
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Val loves buffalo. He has many on his ranch in New Mexico.
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When Val learned that his then-wife Joanne Whalley was filing for divorce in 1995, he was in a hotel room watching CNN.
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Val's parents divorced when he was just 9 years old.
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Val first auditioned for commercials when he was 13 years old.
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Val's father, Eugene, passed away in 1993.
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Val has resided in New Mexico since 1983.
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Val is friends with musician David Crosby and actor Frank Whaley.
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Val was in the 1993 film True Romance as Elvis Presley. He filmed his part in only one day.
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Val enjoys scuba diving and traveling.
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Val has admitted that he is a terrible cook.
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Val was only 4' 11'' when he began high school.
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Keanu Reeves was originally cast as Chris Shiherlis in the 1995 movie Heat. Val was given the part after Keanu backed out.
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Val did his own singing in the 1991 film The Doors. The actual members of The Doors said they had difficulty telling Val's voice apart from Morrison's upon hearing him.
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Val has appeared in 47 films.
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Val is the fifth actor to play Batman.
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Val is a fan of the popular 1970's rock band, Led Zeppelin.
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Val writes poetry and wrote some for Michelle Pfeiffer.
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Val graduated from Chatsworth High School in 1977.
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Joyce Kilmer is Val's distant cousin.
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Val has a daughter named Mercedes who was born in 1992 and a son named Jack who was born in 1995.
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Val married Joanne Whalley in March, 1988.
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Val won critical acclaim for his performance as Jim Morrison in Oliver Stone's film entitled The Doors.
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Val began his professional acting career as a stage performer.
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Val is 6' 1/2" tall.
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Val and Joanne divorced in February, 1996.
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Val wanted to turn down Julliard but his classmate at Chatsworth High School, Kevin Spacey, convinced him to accept.
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Val is the only blonde actor to have played Bruce Wayne/Batman.
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During the sled riding scene in the 1988 film entitled Willow, Val can be seen wearing a black glove on his left hand.
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Val is part Cherokee Indian.
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While being let out of the metal cage during the filming of the crossroads scene in Willow, the rope holding the cage up broke and the cage landed on Val's foot, nearly breaking it. Later on in the film, Val can be spotted having difficulty walking.
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Val is the youngest student to ever be accepted into Julliard's drama department.
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Val co-authored the play entitled How It All Began and it was performed at the New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theatre in 1981.
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Val dated Cindy Crawford in 1996.
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Val ranked number 62 in Empire magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.
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Val attended Chatsworth High School with Kevin Spacey and Mare Winningham.
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Val: (on his friendship with 50 Cent) He (also) gave me a 1965 convertible. He knows how close I am with my kids ... it was actually cruel that he would take over as the centrepiece of their affections with an object ... Curtis, you may have been shot nine times and you may be the number one rapper on Earth, but I know where you live. I'm going to wait until you're asleep, and you're going to wake up screaming, buddy.
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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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Val Kilmer: Big movies are fun and it's great to fly on private jets and make a lot of money and all the things that are connected with Hollywood, but they take a lot of your own life.
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Val Kilmer: Poetry is a very subjective and intimate expression. It's literally your heartbeat. Your rhythm. The song of your soul. It's superconcentrated. It's a dense piece of yourself.
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Val Kilmer: Poetry is a very subjective and intimate expression. It's literally your heartbeat. Your rhythm. The song of your soul. It's superconcentrated. It's a dense piece of yourself.
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Val Kilmer: There are only three reasons to do a movie: the cast, the director, the role. Like I say, you live in a minute of screen time, but to prepare for the minute takes much more than a day. You'd better be excited about what those moments are, even if they're the hardest moments. Or the smallest.
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Val Kilmer: Acting is not a science. Anybody who believes that their success exists in relation to their goals is deluding themselves; unless you think of a career in terms of financial goals. I have nothing against Tom Cruise, but he must have a large capacity to deal with the business side of movies.
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Val Kilmer: I was going to movies and watching TV, going to the theater a little bit. I was, like, 'Wow, you could make a living doing this? Great! What could be better?' There isn't anything I could choose better.
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Val Kilmer: The only time it's ever like work is when you don't like what you've done.
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