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 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
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
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 usually write for the individual reader -though I would like to have many such readers. There are some poets who write for people assembled in big rooms, so they can live through something collectively. I prefer my reader to take my poem and have a one-on-one relationship with it. – Wislawa Szymborska