Kevin Costner Quotes
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It's such a cool thing in life to get what it is you want. Most of the time we don't, but occasionally we do.
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Broken people say awful things and do incredibly absurd things.
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I'm a 'what if' person. I have always felt that failure was a completely underrated experience. I have taken blows. I have had high moments. But I don't think the blows have ever hardened me. My enthusiasms are still big.
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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.
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The truth is, I just want do things that are original and throw an original spin on them.
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I wouldn't do the movie unless I thought it had a chance to be good.
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You can spend your life trying to be popular, and that's a tricky business. You can just try to be true to yourself.
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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.
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Conventional wisdom can get us into so much trouble, especially as artists.
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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.
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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.
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Sometimes we worry about the things that you know that matter the least and don't focus on the things that matter the most.
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When I read a story that I think has value and I want to be in it, that doesn't change for me. It doesn't fall out of favor for me. I might have to move on because the universe is saying you can't make this right now. But I'm going to circle back and make it.
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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.
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It's nice to be wanted in almost any capacity.
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I've always been distracted when somebody is coming after me and saying, "You're the only person who can play this part."
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If it's fifty years from now and it still has the same value, that's a movie.
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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.
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I think if you want to make a good sports movie, you've got to cut down on the sports. You have to make it about people. You can't try to impress people with your knowledge and the X and O's and all the details and the technicalities.
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It's nice to be wanted. That's a really good feeling. I'm not immune to it.
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I will never forget what happened here tonight.people I went to school with will never forget.
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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.
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I have a tremendous belief in people, not that people don't let me down, not that I haven't maybe let some people down. But I have a tremendous belief in people and in the common experience.
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The kind of love that these young men have and the respect that they have for their fathers, I don't see that as much in America as you see in the Latino community, and it's really something to behold.