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Film Quotes by Kevin Costner

13 Film quotes by Kevin Costner

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Kevin Costner’s words on movies give a quick, personal look at what he values in storytelling. The handful of lines here capture his take on performance, direction, and the magic of the screen, making it a handy starter for anyone curious about his film‑related thoughts.

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The movies helped define how I should be as a person.

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True movies will never be measured by how much they make - they'll be measured by how they make you feel.

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I work for the public, for the people who are paying to go to the cinema, rather than for the critics.

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

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If it's fifty years from now and it still has the same value, that's a movie.

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One person doesn't have to shoulder all the responsibility for why a film does or doesn't do well.

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When I make a film I'm away from home for two to three months. So I want my kids to look at…

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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…

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There are a lot of things that come to bear on movies now that I don't think are good for movies. They're…

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I want to be a part of something, and when we define movies now based on how they do on the weekend.…

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What are we blaming? Is this Vietnam? We made a movie, it didn't make much money. I'm gonna be really happy if…

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Everybody says, Get em pregnant and then you can do whatever you want. I didnt want to be arguing about something I…

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I think these movies are as much for people of that time as for people who weren't born. For people who weren't…

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I would hate to see a UFO. Because it would ruin my life. I would have to talk about it the rest of my…

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I think religion is a funny thing because, when you see somebody who can really break it down, sometimes it feels foolish what you…

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We stand our best chance of leaving a legacy to those who want to learn, our children, by standing firm. In matters of style,…

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

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We all have that burning question about what happens if we lose somebody we love, especially if we lose them tragically. We wonder what…

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I have instinctually thought I could do things in my life, and I followed that up by sometimes putting everything I have at risk…

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I work for the public, for the people who are paying to go to the cinema, rather than for the critics.

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You're just as good, and if you work harder, you can be better and you can be more than you think you can.

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I believe in the soul ... the small of a woman's back, the hanging curveball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan…

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Westerns aren't about the gunfight, even though it has to be there at one point. It's not what they're about, at least the good…

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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…

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

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I don't take much stock in other people's opinions if I think something's good.

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The kind of love that these young men have and the respect that they have for their fathers, I don't see that as much…

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We still live with this unbelievable threat over our heads of nuclear war. I mean, are we stupid? Do we think that the nuclear…

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