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
discipline done sometimes
You can be as you choose to be. It's an act of discipline sometimes, but it can be done.
cowboy hell vogue
Cowboy movies aren't supposed to be in vogue. I still like them. You know, I'm still out there pitching the hell out of them.
feelings process enjoy
I'm getting those familiar feelings, and I'm just going to enjoy the process of getting to know someone again.
eye hands burning
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.
trying cynicism
You have to try to dismiss the loudness of cynicism. It's certainly going to come.
I'm not defining my band by other people's music, but by my own.
thinking waiting projects
I wait and take on projects that I think can work.
knows speakers
Lincoln was the greatest speaker and he was ridiculed for how he looked, you know?
wrecks want ifs
If it's going to be wrecked, I want to make sure I wreck it.
hurt people feelings
When you start searching for your name, you might be thrilled with what a lot of people say and it just takes one person. And it can hurt your feelings, but I have been aware of the fan bases and stuff like that and realize how deeply involved they are.
zeta traffic going-to-work
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.
competition actors stealing
I've been around where I knew other actors were going to steal the scene, and I don't compete with them.
believe humiliated knows
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.
storytelling western
The western will always be here. And it just depends on how good you make one. And one movie doesn't kill it. And one movie doesn't preserve it. It's storytelling. It's a very American thing. I'll continue to do it.