Kevin Costner

“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.”

“If developing ties to this world and exercising love and compassion are not the very point of us -- I cannot presume to know -- then we are at least better occupied in this way, I feel, than with the riddles of other worlds, which only prove impossible for us to solve and unhealthy even to ponder.”

“I want to live forever, and I know I won't. I'm not afraid of dying. I'm only afraid of one thing: not being able to raise my kids.”

“I was sucked into this vortex of a very conservative upbringing.”

“I believe people who go into politics want to do the right thing. And then they hit a big wall of re-election and the pettiness of politics. In the end, politics gets in the way of the business of people.”

“I don't give up. I'm a plodder. People come and go, but I stay the course.”

“I haven't lived a perfect life. I have regrets. But that's 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.”

“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.”

“If you think of 'Liberty Valance' or 'The Searchers,' there are moments in there that you'll never, ever forget... And it does not matter what century you are from.”

“I'm 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.'”

“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? It's a delusion to think it's gone away.”

“I don't think I'd have been as good as Bruce was. He was a better JFK than I would have been.”

“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.”

“נשים יכולות לשגע אותך, הן יכולות להטריף אותך.”

“אני חושב שאנשים מעריכים ספורט, ואיך אתה בוחר שחקנים. איך לפעמים אנשים לא בוחרים שחקנים לפי הסטטיסטיקות, אלא על סמך תחושת הלב שלהם.”

“בסופו של דבר, התפקידים שבאמת מושכים אותי הם אלו שאני כותב ומפתח עבור עצמי, כי אותם אני מכיר הכי טוב. אני יודע היכן הם מתחילים והיכן הם מסתיימים, ומהן הסצנות שאני אוהב. אני לא צריך להמציא טקסטים ביום הצילומים. רק לעיתים רחוקות משהו של כותב אחר מדבר אליי.”

“אני שם את עצמי בנעלי הצופה כשאני מחליט לעשות משהו, אני תוהה אם הייתי רוצה לראות את הסרט הזה, אם אלמד משהו בחשכת האולם, אם הייתי מתרגש, אם הייתי חש פליאה.”

“אני מרוצה מהדברים שעשיתי, אולי לא תמיד מהתוצאות אבל כן מההחלטות, כי קיבלתי אותן בעצמי. לדעתי זו דרך חשובה לחיות את החיים. גיבורים אמיתיים הם כאלה שנופלים, נכשלים והם מלאי פגמים, אבל לבסוף מוצאים את הדרך אל הניצחון, משום שהיו מחויבים לאידאלים שלהם.”

“Field of Dreams is probably our generation's It's A Wonderful Life.”

“If you don't understand your limitations you won't achieve much in your life.”