Kevin Costner Quotes
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Life's better when it's fun. Boy, that's deep, isn't it?
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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.
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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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I've always felt that failure was a completely underrated experience.
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You can be as you choose to be. It's an act of discipline sometimes, but it can be done.
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My whole life has been instinctual for me. I wouldn't do well in the computer world.
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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.
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I was always listening to my father more than anyone. I was always afraid of my father more than anyone. But there's a moment in time where other men in your life can have a huge impact.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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.
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I'm not defining my band by other people's music, but by my own.
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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.
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I've never had that fear of going against the grain.
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Conventional wisdom can get us into so much trouble, especially as artists.
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I think religion is a funny thing because, when you see somebody who can really break it down, sometimes it feels foolish what you believe.
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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.
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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'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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I don't go against the grain because I'm a contrary person.
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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.