Kevin Costner quotes - page 2

In America, politicians do whatever to get re-elected, and a lot of decisions that were being made at that time by Kennedy were certain not to get him re-elected. (Kevin Costner)

One person doesn't have to shoulder all the responsibility for why a film does or doesn't do well.

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I work for the public, for the people who are paying to go to the cinema, rather than for the critics.

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I don't think I ever take huge risks, though I'm not scared of doing so.

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I don't think I'd have been as good as Bruce was. He was a better JFK than I would have been.

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I like when my face tingles, when the hair on the back of my neck stands up.

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Money isn't a major motivating force in my life. Nor is my profession. There are other things that I care more about than being an actor.

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I try to please myself. I don't try to anticipate what people want to see.

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If you're willing to tell somebody that you love them, are you also willing to say you're sorry? You need to, even when you think you're in the right.

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I'm proud of all the movies I've made. They're not sequels, they're not franchises. And the reason I pick my films carefully is that I don't want to spit on my life. I like to think of myself as more than that.

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I wanted very much to do Traffic and at one point it looked like I was going to work on it. And then, of course, Catherine Zeta-Jones had her relationship with Michael Douglas and it suddenly didn't happen. (Kevin Costner)

When I make a film I'm away from home for two to three months. So I want my kids to look at my films one day and say, I love his movies, I love his choices-because he loved them.

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I'm getting those familiar feelings, and I'm just going to enjoy the process of getting to know someone again.

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Field of Dreams is probably our generation's It's A Wonderful Life.

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I'm a pretty convenient foil for a lot of people.

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I don't feel the need to direct. I tried to get other people to direct Dances, but they wouldn't do it. They all thought it was too long. One director wanted to cut the Civil War sequence. Another thought the white woman was very cliched.

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If it's going to be wrecked, I want to make sure I wreck it.

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When I played Robin Hood, I knew the great role was Alan Rickman's and it didn't bother me. I always think that leading actors should be called the best supporting actors.

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I haven't tried to buffer myself. I like rolling the dice.

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I dream of big things. I work for the small things. If you're going to dream, you might as well dream big. A lot of that came from my mother. She was adamant about the work ethic---about how you can't just dream things.

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When I see my children, and when I see the people who value me, I know how lucky I am. (Kevin Costner)

I am a really writer-oriented actor.

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I don't give up. I'm a plodder. People come and go, but I stay the course.

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I'm in a position where whatever I do, I can get my head handed to me. I'm in a position to fail because there is a whole group of people out there who want me to fail. It's a weird vibe.

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You just do the things that you love and see if other people can like them too.

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Occupation: American Actor
Born: January 18, 1955
Quotes count: 67
Wikipedia: Kevin Costner

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