Kevin Costner
Kevin Costner
Kevin Michael Costneris an American actor, film director, producer, musician, and singer. He has won two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and one Emmy Award, among others...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth18 January 1955
CityLynwood, CA
CountryUnited States of America
grain
I don't go against the grain because I'm a contrary person.
movie halloween who-i-am
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?
thinking trying bears
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.
horse santa-barbara splits
I split my time between Santa Barbara and Aspen. I live on a pretty fast horse.
artist trouble conventional-wisdom
Conventional wisdom can get us into so much trouble, especially as artists.
thinking people leader
I think these movies are as much for people of that time as for people who weren't born. For people who weren't born, they see how leaders must act under a crisis situation, not trying to be re-elected or not trying to check polls, that they go from their gut check.
hero men thinking
I think there are good men and women in all decades. We've grown cynical. And look at what we do to all our heroes: Churchill, FDR, Kennedy, they all had affairs. But heroic things happen every day.
responsibility doe film
One person doesn't have to shoulder all the responsibility for why a film does or doesn't do well.
live-your-life what-if
You know, what if everybody's wrong in life? And so you have to live your life yourself.
people trying want
I try to please myself. I don't try to anticipate what people want to see.
drama thinking shoulders
I think there's true drama in the formation of everything that we know and are standing on the shoulders of.
military war men
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.
scary what-if conventional-wisdom
Conventional wisdom is so scary because what if everybody's wrong?
war cutting white
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.