265 Quotes by Kevin Costner

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.

I wouldn’t do the movie unless I thought it had a chance to be good.

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

Money isn’t a major motivating force in my life. Nor is my profession. There are other things that I care more about than being an actor.

I feel like I’ve been able to live a dream life, but my view of things is absolutely inside behavior about how I behave and how I count on other people behaving.

It’s nice to be wanted. That’s a really good feeling. I’m not immune to it.

I’ve always been distracted when somebody is coming after me and saying, “You’re the only person who can play this part.”

President Kennedy was willing to go to war. He was not a coward. The man had been in war and so had Ken O’Donnell. 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.

I had a difficult time hearing my own inner voice about what I wanted to be in this life, because there were all these perfect examples of what a man actually does. The notion is that he goes to college, gets married and provides. That’s what a man does.