playing jim morrison, the rocker who spent life on the edge. >> what people would say about jim morrisons and did his own singing in "the doors." ♪ break on through to the other side break on through to the other side ♪ >> reporter: yet as he writes he dropped out of sight afterwards and was overlooked by the oscars. >> i was not built for that kind of fame and attention and all of a sudden interest in jim morrison was about sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll and i've tried to live a quiet life out in new mexico despite all my famous girlfriends of the past. >> reporter: they're in the book too sharing emotional details of his romances with cher, ellen barkin, michelle pfeiffer and cindy crawford. >> what do you think made you so appealing to these incredibly charismatic women? >> i was committed. you have to be committed with a woman that's dynamic and as committed to their work as someone like cindy crawford, who was the number one model on the planet at the time. >> reporter: father to a daughter and son with ex-wife joann whalley, kilmer will return to the big screen at year's end in "top