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? Kevin Costner More Quotes by Kevin Costner More Quotes From 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. Kevin Costner force care actors It sounds vain, but I could probably make a difference for almost everyone I ever met if I chose to involve myself with them either professionally or personally. Kevin Costner making-a-difference differences sound It's such a cool thing in life to get what it is you want. Most of the time we don't, but occasionally we do. Kevin Costner cool-things things-in-life want Audiences trust Westerns when you hit the right tone. I think they're not in vogue, but they will always be in vogue when you hit the right note. Kevin Costner tone notes thinking You can be as you choose to be. It's an act of discipline sometimes, but it can be done. Kevin Costner discipline done sometimes You have to pick the stories that you want to be involved with and the end game is you'd like to be a part of a hit. But I think your moral obligation is to follow your own heart. Kevin Costner games heart thinking I dream of big things. I work for the small things. If you're going to dream, you might as well dream big. A lot of that came from my mother. She was adamant about the work ethic---about how you can't just dream things. Kevin Costner work-ethic mother dream I wouldn't do the movie unless I thought it had a chance to be good. Kevin Costner be-good chance There's nothing more noble than a father and mother making an opportunity for their child, knowing that their life is gonna be hard. There's something incredibly heroic about that. Kevin Costner mother father children I've always known that I'm a little out of vogue. Kevin Costner vogue known littles I think if you want to make a good sports movie, you've got to cut down on the sports. You have to make it about people. You can't try to impress people with your knowledge and the X and O's and all the details and the technicalities. Kevin Costner cutting sports thinking 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. Kevin Costner voice college men Being a celebrity is probably the closest to being a beautiful woman as you can get. Kevin Costner beautiful-women closest beautiful I'm in a position where whatever I do, I can get my head handed to me. I'm in a position to fail because there is a whole group of people out there who want me to fail. It's a weird vibe. Kevin Costner groups want people I have a tremendous belief in people, not that people don't let me down, not that I haven't maybe let some people down. But I have a tremendous belief in people and in the common experience. Kevin Costner common-experience belief people 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. Kevin Costner wall believe people I work for the public, for the people who are paying to go to the cinema, rather than for the critics. Kevin Costner critics cinema people It's nice to be wanted in almost any capacity. Kevin Costner nice capacity wanted 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. Kevin Costner yankees running sports I have instinctually thought I could do things in my life, and I followed that up by sometimes putting everything I have at risk - my money, my house - to make a movie. Kevin Costner risk house sometimes
