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I don't think I'd have been as good as Bruce was. He was a better JFK than I would have been.

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Kevin Costner
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 18
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Kevin Michael Costner
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I try to please myself. I don't try to anticipate what people want to see.
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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?
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You just do the things that you love and see if other people can like them too.
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You know, what if everybody's wrong in life? And so you have to live your life yourself.
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I deal with pressure. I have a tendency to probably be at my best under pressure.
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I always thought the leading actor should be the best supporting actor, because you're the only person that can help every other actor on the set.
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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.
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President Kennedy was willing to go to war. He was not a coward. The man had been in war and so had Ken O'Donnell. He was ready to protect this nation, but he was not ready for a military solution just because it was being rammed down his throat.
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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.
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When you start searching for your name, you might be thrilled with what a lot of people say and it just takes one person. And it can hurt your feelings, but I have been aware of the fan bases and stuff like that and realize how deeply involved they are.
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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 - my money, my house - to make a movie.
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I wait and take on projects that I think can work.
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When a defining moment comes along, you define the moment, or the moment defines you.
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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.
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There's actually a big difference between story and character. A great story doesn't make a great movie. A great script, which defines its moments and characters can become a great movie. You can make a movie that makes a lot of money and it may or may not have great story or great characters.
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If you think of 'Liberty Valance' or 'The Searchers,' there are moments in there that you'll never, ever forget... And it does not matter what century you are from.
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A good idea is something like an emotion, you just can't keep it in.
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If you're going to tear down a hero, you should never forget that you're tearing down someone else's hero. You're tearing down somebody else's son. You might have to face her one day.
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I've always been distracted when somebody is coming after me and saying, You're the only person who can play this part.
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