Kevin Costner – Quotes Crazy

President Kennedy was willing to go to war. He was not a coward. The man had been in war and so had Ken ODonnell. 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 dont feel the need to direct. I tried to get other people to direct Dances, but they wouldnt 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

We still live with this unbelievable threat over our heads of nuclear war. I mean, are we stupid? Do we think that the nuclear threat has gone, that the nuclear destruction of the planet is not imminent? Its a delusion to think its gone away. – Kevin Costner

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 didnt happen. – Kevin Costner

I enjoy sports. I get a real joy from playing sports but I dont look for those movies. Oliver Stone wanted to know if I would do Any Given Sunday and it just didnt appeal to me. – Kevin Costner

Im proud of all the movies Ive made. Theyre not sequels, theyre not franchises. And the reason I pick my films carefully is that I dont want to spit on my life. I like to think of myself as more than that. – Kevin Costner

There are a lot of things that come to bear on movies now that I dont think are good for movies. Theyre trying to appeal to the biggest demographic and, when they do that, you sometimes flatten out. – Kevin Costner

Im glad movies arent going to please everybody, they cant. But what they have to be is recognisable. I dont equate myself with a master painter, but I think you can recognise my films. – Kevin Costner

I think these movies are as much for people of that time as for people who werent born. For people who werent 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. – Kevin Costner

Money isnt 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

I havent lived a perfect life. I have regrets. But thats from a lifetime of taking chances, making decisions, and trying not to be frozen. The only thing that I can do with my regrets is understand them. – Kevin Costner

When I make a film Im away from home for two to three months. So I want my kids to look at my films one day and say, I love his movies, I love his choices-because he loved them. – Kevin Costner

Failure doesnt kill you… it increases your desire to make something happen. – Kevin Costner

Field of Dreams is probably our generations Its A Wonderful Life. – Kevin Costner

Im a big fan of dreams. Unfortunately, dreams are our first casualty in life – people seem to give them up, quicker than anything, for a reality. – Kevin Costner

Ive had some movies that have been ridiculed, but thats OK with me. I dont feel that really defines me. Should I change who I am to be popular? – Kevin Costner

I like four-hour movies. – 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 like American history. – 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