Val Kilmer Quotes
It was very serious and I wanted to do something really different so there was this comedy called TOP SECRET.
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It's a compulsion. I'm always changing parts of me. Even when I was young, I wanted to change my hair color. I was so determined that I dyed my hair with Kool-Aid.
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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
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Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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We are not angels, we are merely sophisticated apes. Yet we feel like angels trapped inside the bodies of beasts, craving transcendence and all the time trying to spread our wings and fly off, and it's really a very odd predicament to be in, if you think about it.
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Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
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Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.
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I think the reason they cast me as the good girls is because they couldn't find any in Hollywood.
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I myself consider myself the most powerful figure in the world.
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I was trying to take the band in a direction that I thought was appropriate, and Roth was trying to take the band in more of a Las Vegas direction. And there he is.
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People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else.
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I am not going to do a film based on a bad scenario just to make a big Hollywood film or work with Hollywood stars.
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I fell in love with Rwanda the moment I saw those verdant, rolling hills rise up beneath the wings of the plane as we descended toward Kigali airport.
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I like to write in a shroud of secrecy because I have to keep finding ways to scare myself.
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I'm from a reserve. A reservation. So I know everybody. Everybody knows me.
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President Obama stands ready to work with everyone, because that's what the American people expect and deserve - not for the short term political advantages, but the long term health of our country. We don't spend time trying to figure out what's in the minds of Republicans, we try to keep our focus on the American people.
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Private education can give you confidence, which is marvellous; a sense of entitlement isn't.
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If you don't have a refinery operating, it's hard to use oil that's available.
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A horse that has made a positive change in his behavior needs an opportunity to soak, to concentrate on & digest what he has learned. He needs his quiet time. Given this opportunity, his response will be better the next time you work with him.
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When I founded the first Hard Rock, no one was serving American food in London; McDonald's wasn't there, Burger King, etc.
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My family was once invited to lunch at a chateau owned by a friend of a friend. As we drove our rental car up to the giant castle, my kids gasped and said, 'They must be rich!'
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You probably can't name more than a handful of comedies that would qualify for Best Picture. I can think of a lot of comedy screenplays; Woody Allen has had numerous nominations for his screenplays. But most comedies are calculated. They tend to pander. They're not about anything important.
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It was very serious and I wanted to do something really different so there was this comedy called TOP SECRET.
