Does A View Refresh Itself When I Reference It? (was Question On Views)

guys, ive never worked with Views before so forgive me.
i know how to create one, and that it creates a virtual table in memory, but i've got one small question.

if i create a view:

CREATE view dbo.myView
as
select Distinct FirstName,LastName from SomeTable


When ever i reference that view, such as
Select FirstName,LastName
from myView
where LastName like 'Jo%'

does that View Refresh itself??

in other words does it run each time i Reference it??? or is it static from when i created it.

Wouldnt it be easier just to use a #TempTable or some other Table thats used to hold a few values?

thanks for any help
rik