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Kevin Costner

(1955) Actor United States

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Kevin Costner is an actor from the United States, best known for Dances with wolves: the illustrated story of the epic film.

Quick Facts About Kevin Costner

Born: January 18, 1955
Nationality: United States
Profession: Actor
Notable works: Dances with wolves: the illustrated story of the epic film
Spouse: Cindy Costner

About Kevin Costner

Kevin Michael Costner is an American actor, filmmaker, and musician. In a career spanning five decades, he has received various accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for three British Academy Film Awards.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Director Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor Bambi Award Silver Bear Honorary César Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Golden Globe Awards

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Directors Guild of America Award Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama Golden Apple Award Jupiter Awards National Board of Review Award for Best Film Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Quotes by Kevin Costner · Page 2

It's nice to be wanted in almost any capacity.

Capacity

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

Achieve

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When I got a call from Dionne Warwick, that's when I said I would come. And I'm not saying that was the…

Time

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I've had moments in my life where it was all out on the table. Everything I had. I'm okay with that, because…

Belief

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A good idea is something like an emotion, you just can't keep it in.

Emotion

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You're this rat in the American maze, working your way towards the cheese, which is a job.

American

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I didn't realize Toronto was so beautiful. Everywhere you go you see beautiful architecture.

Architecture

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What is it you want? That's a question that we all get posed sometimes internally and sometimes externally.

Sometimes

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I actually play sports better when I'm mad. Some players don't play better when they're mad. They lose their sense of where…

Loses

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Failure doesn't kill you... it increases your desire to make something happen.

Desire

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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.…

Movie

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When someone says, will you write a letter to someone who you know is having troubleI did. I dont know if those…

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I have seen soldiers panic at the first sight of battle, and a squire pulling arrows from his body to fight and…

Action

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It's never bothered me to work hard. I've probably worked on some of the longest schedules in movie history.

Bothered

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I've always known that I'm a little out of vogue.

Always

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I don't go against the grain because I'm a contrary person.

Contrary

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I like being around people that mean what they say.

Mean

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It sounds vain, but I could probably make a difference for almost everyone I ever met if I chose to involve myself…

Differences

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My whole life has been instinctual for me. I wouldn't do well in the computer world.

Computer

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If I had a choice of having a woman in my arms or shooting a bad guy on a horse, I'd take…

Arms

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I think if you want to make a good sports movie, you've got to cut down on the sports. You have to…

Cutting

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

Cinema

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When you draw a western correctly, you create such drama, such dilemma that you think you almost don't want to admit who…

Dilemma

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

Be good

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I think one of the first things to go as people's lives start to go down is their dreams. Dreams should be…

Clinging

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