265 Quotes by Kevin Costner

I’m proud of all the movies I’ve made. They’re not sequels, they’re not franchises. And the reason I pick my films carefully is that I don’t want to spit on my life. I like to think of myself as more than that.

I’ve had moments in my life where it was all out on the table. Everything I had. I’m okay with that, because I had a strong belief that what I was doing other people could believe in it, too, if I can get it just right.

What is it you want? That’s a question that we all get posed sometimes internally and sometimes externally.

You’re this rat in the American maze, working your way towards the cheese, which is a job.

I’ve had some movies that have been ridiculed, but that’s OK with me. I don’t feel that really defines me. Should I change who I am to be popular?

I try to please myself. I don’t try to anticipate what people want to see.

You have to try to dismiss the loudness of cynicism. It’s certainly going to come.

If you’re going to tear down a hero, you should never forget that you’re tearing down someone else’s hero. You’re tearing down somebody else’s son. You might have to face her one day.

I’m only interested in being a good actor and in being remembered for my best films, not for the way I look. But it seems inevitable in this line of work that I have to care about the way I look without getting obsessed about it.