Val Kilmer
Val Edward Kilmer (December 31, 1959 – April 1, 2025) was an American actor and film director. He was of Cherokee, English, French Huguenot, German, Native American, Scotch-Irish, Welsh and Swedish descent. He has 2 children, Mercedes and Jack Kilmer.
Quotes
- The character wasn't polite, so when I shook Grazer's hand and he said, 'Hi, I'm the producer,' I said, 'I'm sorry. You look like you're 12 years old. I like to work with men.'
- As quoted in Rebecca Ascher-Walsh, "Cool Hero: Val Kilmer". Entertainment Weekly (June 30, 1995).
- Women have fantastic intuition. I think they come more naturally to grace; tenderness and affection are considered feminine qualities. It's important for men to learn from women those characteristics that don't come as naturally to us. I think my father was raised in a time when those things were taught to be signs of weakness; that is, if you were sensitive and aware in a different way from just the macho version. It's wonderful that that's changing.
- As quoted in Kristin Coronado, "(Man)ifesto: Val Kilmer on Compassion—and Kissing Angelina Jolie". Redbook (December 2004), p. 30.
I'm Your Huckleberry: A Memoir (2020)
- I made a decision that, rather than looking for Love, I would let Love be me. Let Love be my life.
- p. 302
- We see spirit in the mist and fog; we hear spirit in the silence of the stones. Polish those stones; they make a noble life possible. We feel spirit every time we love, every time we forgive, every time scorn is overwhelmed by empathy and bitterness overcome by compassion.
- p. 302