I'm glad movies aren't going to please everybody, they can't. But what they have to be is recognisable. I don't equate myself with a master painter, but I think you can recognise my films.

Quote by Kevin Costner

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

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

You have to decide if you're going to wilt like a daisy or if you're...

You have to decide if you're going to wilt like a daisy or if you're...

You have to pick the stories that you want to be involved with and the...

You have to pick the stories that you want to be involved with and the...

If it's going to be wrecked, I want to make sure I wreck it.

If it's going to be wrecked, I want to make sure I wreck it.

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

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

I don't think I ever take huge risks, though I'm not scared of doing so.

I don't think I ever take huge risks, though I'm not scared of doing so.

I've had some movies that have been ridiculed, but that's OK with me. I don't...

I've had some movies that have been ridiculed, but that's OK with me. I don't...

I like when my face tingles, when the hair on the back of my neck...

I like when my face tingles, when the hair on the back of my neck...

There are a lot of things that come to bear on movies now that I...

There are a lot of things that come to bear on movies now that I...

I work for the public, for the people who are paying to go to the...

I work for the public, for the people who are paying to go to the...

President Kennedy was willing to go to war. He was not a coward. The man...

President Kennedy was willing to go to war. He was not a coward. The man...

I think there are good men and women in all decades. We've grown cynical. And...

I think there are good men and women in all decades. We've grown cynical. And...

I am not a cynic.

I am not a cynic.

I think these movies are as much for people of that time as for people...

I think these movies are as much for people of that time as for people...

I haven't tried to buffer myself. I like rolling the dice.

I haven't tried to buffer myself. I like rolling the dice.

I'm getting those familiar feelings, and I'm just going to enjoy the process of getting...

I'm getting those familiar feelings, and I'm just going to enjoy the process of getting...

We all have that burning question about what happens if we lose somebody we love,...

We all have that burning question about what happens if we lose somebody we love,...

I'm a pretty convenient foil for a lot of people.

I'm a pretty convenient foil for a lot of people.

I don't feel the need to direct. I tried to get other people to direct...

I don't feel the need to direct. I tried to get other people to direct...

Being a celebrity is probably the closest to being a beautiful woman as you can...

Being a celebrity is probably the closest to being a beautiful woman as you can...