Costner Quotes

Here's the thing - the accent is cool. It's like a girl with big breasts - they get your attention first. ~ Kevin Costner

What sealed the deal for me was that the cloak wouldn't come off without a generous donation of my tears. Those used to be almost impossible for me to summon, I admit, until I watched Field of Dreams. When Kevin Costner asks his dad at the end if he'd like to have a catch, I just completely lose my shit. ~ Kevin Hearne

I have instinctually thought I could do things in my life, and I followed that up by sometimes putting everything I have at risk - my money, my house - to make a movie. ~ Kevin Costner

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. ~ Kevin Costner

What is it you want? That's a question that we all get posed sometimes internally and sometimes externally. ~ Kevin Costner

I've worked Keira Knightley quite a bit and Kevin Costner. ~ Chris Pine

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

There's real drama in performing live. You never know how it's going to be. ~ Kevin Costner

I've had moments in my life where it was all out on the table. Everything I had. I'm okay with that, because I had a strong belief that what I was doing other people could believe in it, too, if I can get it just right. ~ Kevin Costner

Some people come to you because if you're in their movie, it'll help them raise money. And some people come to you because they think you're the person to play the part. ~ Kevin Costner

When I read Thirteen Days I was moved by it. It was just a great time for the world, in terms of looking back in history and seeing how we got ourselves into trouble and how we got ourselves out of trouble. ~ Kevin Costner

I deal with pressure. I have a tendency to probably be at my best under pressure. ~ Kevin Costner

I haven't had a perfect life ... but I have had a perfectly good life! ~ Kevin Costner

Audiences trust Westerns when you hit the right tone. I think they're not in vogue, but they will always be in vogue when you hit the right note. ~ Kevin Costner

If it's fifty years from now and it still has the same value, that's a movie. ~ Kevin Costner

I've been around where I knew other actors were going to steal the scene, and I don't compete with them. ~ Kevin Costner

What are we blaming? Is this Vietnam? We made a movie, it didn't make much money. I'm gonna be really happy if somebody watches it in 10 years' time and really enjoys it. ~ Kevin Costner

It sounds vain, but I could probably make a difference for almost everyone I ever met if I chose to involve myself with them either professionally or personally. ~ Kevin Costner

There's a moment in time where kids really don't want to hear anything from their parents. ~ Kevin Costner

Sometimes it takes a partner to say, "What is it you want?" because I think we operate in life and sometimes we don't know. We're all in some kind of maze going after the cheese at the end, and we get it and we go, "What is it that we want?" ~ Kevin Costner

I feel like I've been able to live a dream life, but my view of things is absolutely inside behavior about how I behave and how I count on other people behaving. ~ Kevin Costner

We all have that burning question about what happens if we lose somebody we love, especially if we lose them tragically. We wonder what fear was going on, we wonder if we could have reached out and touched them, held their hand, looked in their eyes, been there. ~ Kevin Costner

Great stories don't often make great movies. Its' a crafted art form. ~ Kevin Costner

I wait and take on projects that I think can work. ~ Kevin Costner

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. ~ Kevin Costner

It's still a trip for me to see somebody that I've only seen on television or in a movie. When they are there in real life, it's very different. When we played Detroit, Kevin Costner played before us. ~ Rodney Atkins

I always thought the leading actor should be the best supporting actor, because you're the only person that can help every other actor on the set. ~ Kevin Costner

I stand up for what I believe. I don't know if it's always paid off for me, because I've been ridiculed and humiliated.
~ Kevin Costner

A good idea is something like an emotion, you just can't keep it in. ~ Kevin Costner

I'm probably one of the few people that liked 'Water World' with Kevin Costner. ~ Bert Blyleven

We really don't rest if we think our kids are drifting, or if we think they don't have the right work ethic. It drives us crazy. Because we ultimately want them to succeed and, until they do, we feel in some way that something is not complete. ~ Kevin Costner

I want to live forever, and I know I won't. I'm not afraid of dying. I'm only afraid of one thing: not being able to raise my kids. ~ Kevin Costner

Failure doesn't kill you ... it increases your desire to make something happen. ~ Kevin Costner

I think one of the first things to go as people's lives start to go down is their dreams. Dreams should be the last thing to go - dreams are the things you go down with. If you're left clinging to a piece of driftwood in the middle of the ocean, I'd put on it the word dreams. ~ Kevin Costner

The front door is locked - what's up with that?"

"Logan fixed the lock," I tell her.

Her bright red, heart-shaped mouth smiles. "Good job, Kevin Costner. You should staple the key to Ellie's forehead, though, or she'll lose it."

She has names for the other guys too and when her favorite guard, Tommy Sullivan, walks in a few minutes later, Marlow uses his. "Hello, Delicious." She twirls her honey-colored, bouncy hair around her finger, cocking her hip and tilting her head like a vintage pinup girl.

Tommy, the fun-loving super-flirt, winks. "Hello, pretty, underage lass." Then he nods to Logan and smiles at me. "Lo . . . Good morning, Miss Ellie."

"Hey, Tommy."

Marlow struts forward. "Three months, Tommy. Three months until I'm a legal adult - then I'm going to use you, abuse you and throw you away."

The dark-haired devil grins. "That's my idea of a good date." Then he gestures toward the back door. "Now, are we ready for a fun day of learning?"

One of the security guys has been walking me to school ever since the public and press lost their minds over Nicholas and Olivia's still-technically-unconfirmed relationship. They make sure no one messes with me and they drive me in the tinted, bulletproof SUV when it rains - it's a pretty sweet deal.

I grab my ten-thousand-pound messenger bag from the corner.

"I can't believe I didn't think of this before. Elle - you should hav ~ Emma Chase

I can't remember any of the films I've done. You go from one to another, and they all blend in to a big mass. You remember the costumes because you remember how you felt - that Western I did with Kevin Costner where I wore the big hat and the two guns, I remember that. ~ Michael Gambon

Sex and golf are the two things you can enjoy even if you're not good at them. ~ Kevin Costner

I've always felt that failure was a completely underrated experience. ~ Kevin Costner

I've always known that I'm a little out of vogue. ~ Kevin Costner

I've had some movies that have been ridiculed, but that's OK with me. I don't feel that really defines me. Should I change who I am to be popular? ~ Kevin Costner

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

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. ~ Kevin Costner

I've been evolving in my stunt career Stunts have always had their place, and I have to measure them now. I've done things where, if I make a mistake, I could die. You really need to look at each thing. That usually is a mechanical failure. So, I have gone from doing everything, to listening and saying, "Maybe I shouldn't do this." ~ Kevin Costner

Lincoln was the greatest speaker and he was ridiculed for how he looked, you know? ~ Kevin Costner

We stand our best chance of leaving a legacy to those who want to learn, our children, by standing firm. In matters of style, hey, swing with the stream. But in matters of principle, you need to stand like a rock. ~ Kevin Costner

If you think of 'Liberty Valance' or 'The Searchers,' there are moments in there that you'll never, ever forget ... And it does not matter what century you are from. ~ Kevin Costner

There are a lot of things that come to bear on movies now that I don't think are good for movies. They're trying to appeal to the biggest demographic and, when they do that, you sometimes flatten out. ~ Kevin Costner

When you try to portray people's lives, you try to make sure you don't portray them as clowns and that you give them a level of dignity. You don't try to change their persona, but you try to understand that they had unique problems, set in a century that you don't live. ~ Kevin Costner

I like four-hour movies. ~ Kevin Costner

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

I think some people who lead special lives, have somehow made this weird jump that they're better because of it. When you see that, its ugly. Being humble is pretty sexy. Being humble is a pretty great quality. Living in humility is a good way to live. ~ Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner. I love Kevin Costner. That's all I have to say. I love Kevin Costner. ~ Nathan Lane

I have seen soldiers panic at the first sight of battle, and a squire pulling arrows from his body to fight and save his dying horse. Nobility is not a birthright, but is defined by one's actions. ~ Kevin Costner

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

If you want to make a great sports movie, don't put too much sports in it. It's the backdrop. It's the environment. ~ Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner has feathers in his hair and feathers in his head. The Indians should have called him 'Plays with Camera.' ~ Pauline Kael

I don't have a seller's remorse about how I've lived. ~ Kevin Costner

They say I can open movies, and that's nice in that it puts into people's minds that women can do it. It's not just Kevin Costner, not just Arnold Schwarzenegger. Not just the guys. ~ Julia Roberts

You have to pick the stories that you want to be involved with and the end game is you'd like to be a part of a hit. But I think your moral obligation is to follow your own heart. ~ Kevin Costner

It's never bothered me to work hard. I've probably worked on some of the longest schedules in movie history. ~ Kevin Costner

I like American history. ~ Kevin Costner

I think there's true drama in the formation of everything that we know and are standing on the shoulders of. ~ Kevin Costner

I think I just wanted to work when I finally came to Hollywood. That's what it was. I wanted to get a job, and then I wanted to get the second one. ~ Kevin Costner

I don't want the giant ego. I don't want to become Kevin Costner, singing on the soundtrack to The Postman. ~ Joss Whedon

In my younger days, I used to pick up sluts, and I don't mean that nastily. It's more a term of endearment, really, for girls who know how to speak their minds. ~ Kevin Costner

I actually play sports better when I'm mad. Some players don't play better when they're mad. They lose their sense of where they're at. I have a tendency to do better when I'm under pressure. ~ Kevin Costner

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

I can't say I really see much difference between my son and daughters except that my girls will occasionally make me a sandwich and my son won't. ~ Kevin Costner

When I do a Western, I often wonder what I would have really done in that situation. ~ Kevin Costner

President Kennedy was willing to go to war. He was not a coward. The man had been in war and so had Ken O'Donnell. He was ready to protect this nation, but he was not ready for a military solution just because it was being rammed down his throat. ~ Kevin Costner

I've been able to do a lot of things in the movies. I've been able to run with the buffalo, you know. I've been able to pitch a perfect game in Yankee Stadium. I've been in the bathtub with Susan Sarandon. I've had a lot of chances to do a lot of things. I enjoy sports, but I enjoy sports so much to the point that I wouldn't do the movie unless I thought it had a chance to be good. ~ Kevin Costner

I was in the show for 21 days once-the 21 greatest days of my life. You know, you never handle your luggage in the show, somebody else carries your bags. It was great. You hit white balls for batting practice, the ballparks are like cathedrals, the hotels all have room service, and the women all have long legs and brains. ~ Kevin Costner

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

I enjoy sports. I get a real joy from playing sports but I don't look for those movies. Oliver Stone wanted to know if I would do Any Given Sunday and it just didn't appeal to me. ~ Kevin Costner

All my buddies over the years, like Kevin Costner and the guys - I see 'em go here, I see 'em go there - but I just do my work. ~ Jeff Fahey

My cinematic crush has been pretty much the same since I was 12: Kevin Costner. ~ Emma Watson

I think the greatest star in American at the moment is Kevin Costner. ~ Jeremy Brett

You're this rat in the American maze, working your way towards the cheese, which is a job. ~ Kevin Costner

There's actually a big difference between story and character. A great story doesn't make a great movie. A great script, which defines its moments and characters can become a great movie. You can make a movie that makes a lot of money and it may or may not have great story or great characters. ~ Kevin Costner

You're just as good, and if you work harder, you can be better and you can be more than you think you can. ~ Kevin Costner

I want to be a part of something, and when we define movies now based on how they do on the weekend. We live in a society of "thumbs up, thumbs down." ~ Kevin Costner

It's nice to be wanted. That's a really good feeling. I'm not immune to it. ~ Kevin Costner

There's nothing more noble than a father and mother making an opportunity for their child, knowing that their life is gonna be hard. There's something incredibly heroic about that. ~ Kevin Costner

What I think is a really special movie is 'Black and White' with Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer, which Mike Binder directed. I got to see a screening of it, and I think Kevin and Octavia and Anthony Mackie and Bill Burr all give such beautiful performances in that movie. ~ Gillian Jacobs

I don't read as much as I'd like. I've been writing a lot. I've been doing a lot of music, but I don't read as much as I should. I just don't. ~ Kevin Costner

You can be as you choose to be. It's an act of discipline sometimes, but it can be done. ~ Kevin Costner

We recognize ourselves in Westerns, ... I believe the Western can orchestrate moments around reality. The reality can be as entertaining to us as the lie. ~ Kevin Costner

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

My first paid acting job was a movie called Fandango. It also starred Kevin Costner. ~ Judd Nelson

All right. All right. I get it. He's your Kevin Costner. ~ Aly Martinez

I split my time between Santa Barbara and Aspen. I live on a pretty fast horse. ~ Kevin Costner

I had a difficult time hearing my own inner voice about what I wanted to be in this life, because there were all these perfect examples of what a man actually does. The notion is that he goes to college, gets married and provides. That's what a man does. ~ Kevin Costner

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. ~ Kevin Costner

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. ~ Kevin Costner

I'd like to put on buckskins and a ponytail and go underwater with a reed, hiding from the Indians ... To me, that's sexy! ~ Kevin Costner

If I had a choice of having a woman in my arms or shooting a bad guy on a horse, I'd take the horse. It's a lot more fun ~ Kevin Costner

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

I didn't realize Toronto was so beautiful. Everywhere you go you see beautiful architecture. ~ Kevin Costner

We all have to have our north star that we fix on and go to, but life is so much about the things that bump into you. ~ Kevin Costner

I just tried to build on my failures. ~ Kevin Costner