265 Quotes by Kevin Costner

I'm having fun talking to the people here. How much longer?

But it's another thing to actually try to humanize these people so that they're relevant to us in 2003.

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.

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.

Here's the thing - the accent is cool. It's like a girl with big breasts - they get your attention first.

Great stories don't often make great movies. Its' a crafted art form.

I've been able to do a lot of things in the movies. I've been able to run with the buffalo, you know. I've been able to pitch a perfect game in Yankee Stadium. I've been in the bathtub with Susan Sarandon. I've had a lot of chances to do a lot of things. I enjoy sports, but I enjoy sports so much to the point that I wouldn't do the movie unless I thought it had a chance to be good.

You can spend your life trying to be popular, and that's a tricky business. You can just try to be true to yourself.

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.