When I played Robin Hood, I knew the great role was Alan Rickman's and it didn't bother me. I always think that leading actors should be called the best supporting actors. Kevin Costner More Quotes by Kevin Costner More Quotes From Kevin Costner 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. Kevin Costner too-much want sports I would hate to see a UFO. Because it would ruin my life. I would have to talk about it the rest of my life, and everybody in the room would go, "Poor Kevin." Because you could not turn your back on the idea that you saw it. Kevin Costner saws hate ideas I think I'm a pretty right down the middle guy. I just think that's kind of who I am. I'm not afraid of my own journey. Kevin Costner who-i-am journey thinking When you draw a western correctly, you create such drama, such dilemma that you think you almost don't want to admit who you might have been. Kevin Costner want drama thinking Conventional wisdom is so scary because what if everybody's wrong? Kevin Costner conventional-wisdom what-if scary You know, what if everybody's wrong in life? And so you have to live your life yourself. Kevin Costner life-yourself live-your-life what-if I don't go against the grain because I'm a contrary person. Kevin Costner contrary grain persons The truth is, I just want do things that are original and throw an original spin on them. Kevin Costner truth-is originals want If somebody said my wife's not beautiful, I'd go, she is. I wouldn't say, really? No, she is. I know she is. In my mind, you know. Kevin Costner wife mind beautiful I deal with pressure. I have a tendency to probably be at my best under pressure. Kevin Costner tendencies deals pressure If it's fifty years from now and it still has the same value, that's a movie. Kevin Costner stills fifty years I don't read as much as I'd like. I've been writing a lot. I've been doing a lot of music, but I don't read as much as I should. I just don't. Kevin Costner should-i should writing I've been evolving in my stunt career Stunts have always had their place, and I have to measure them now. I've done things where, if I make a mistake, I could die. You really need to look at each thing. That usually is a mechanical failure. So, I have gone from doing everything, to listening and saying, "Maybe I shouldn't do this." Kevin Costner careers listening mistake I think that you try to raise the bar on whatever you do because you know, in this day of having to deal with a lot of reality TV, people say that scripted programming is dying, so you have to try to create something that can live in people's minds, long after they see it. Kevin Costner long reality thinking Great stories don't often make great movies. Its' a crafted art form. Kevin Costner form stories art You can spend your life trying to be popular, and that's a tricky business. You can just try to be true to yourself. Kevin Costner be-true-to-yourself tricky trying Sometimes it takes a partner to say, "What is it you want?" because I think we operate in life and sometimes we don't know. We're all in some kind of maze going after the cheese at the end, and we get it and we go, "What is it that we want?" Kevin Costner mazes want thinking I've always been distracted when somebody is coming after me and saying, "You're the only person who can play this part." Kevin Costner distracted persons play It's nice to be wanted. That's a really good feeling. I'm not immune to it. Kevin Costner good-feeling nice feelings My whole life has been instinctual for me. I wouldn't do well in the computer world. Kevin Costner whole-life computer world
