Kevin Costner Has Dropped Plenty of Wisdom! See His Best Quotes About Life
Actors come and go, but some stand the test of time thanks to their presence both on the screen and off. Kevin Costner is one such performer, known for his steadfast acting chops and measured personality, and he’s solidified himself in the cultural ether in part due to his words of wisdom.
The Yellowstone star’s quotes on life, love, his career and more are inspiring to say the least, and his honesty is bold if not refreshing. As his time on the hit Western show concludes, we’re taking a look back at 30 of Costner’s best messages and quotes to his fans and followers, guaranteed to stir something within you.
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Kevin Costner’s quotes about life
"I haven't lived a perfect life. I have regrets. But that's from a lifetime of taking chances, making decisions, and trying not to be frozen. The only thing that I can do with my regrets is understand them."
"If you don't understand your limitations you won't achieve much in your life."
"Failure doesn't kill you... it increases your desire to make something happen."
"We stand our best chance of leaving a legacy to those who want to learn, our children, by standing firm. In matters of style, hey, swing with the stream. But in matters of principle, you need to stand like a rock."
"You have to decide if you're going to wilt like a daisy or if you're just going to go forward and live the life that you've been granted."
"I stand up for what I believe. I don't know if it's always paid off for me, because I've been ridiculed and humiliated."
"You just do the things that you love and see if other people can like them too."
"I'm a big fan of dreams. Unfortunately, dreams are our first casualty in life - people seem to give them up, quicker than anything, for a 'reality.'"
"I haven't tried to buffer myself. I like rolling the dice."
"I've always known that I'm a little out of vogue."
"I don't give up. I'm a plodder. People come and go, but I stay the course."
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“When a defining moment comes along, you define the moment, or the moment defines you.”
“Life’s better when it’s fun. Boy, that’s deep, isn’t it?”
“We all have to have our north star that we fix on and go to, but life is so much about the things that bump into you.”
“I’ve always felt that failure was a completely underrated experience.”
Kevin Costner’s quotes about his career
"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."
"I'm only interested in being a good actor and in being remembered for my best films, not for the way I look. But it seems inevitable in this line of work that I have to care about the way I look without getting obsessed about it."
"When I do a Western, I often wonder what I would have really done in that situation."
"I work for the public, for the people who are paying to go to the cinema, rather than for the critics."
"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."
"I'm glad movies aren't going to please everybody, they can't. But what they have to be is recognizable. I don't equate myself with a master painter, but I think you can recognise my films."
"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 is that I don't want to spit on my life. I like to think of myself as more than that."
"Being a celebrity is probably the closest to being a beautiful woman as you can get."
"I wait and take on projects that I think can work."
“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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Kevin Costner’s quotes about love and family
"If you're willing to tell somebody that you love them, are you also willing to say you're sorry? You need to, even when you think you're in the right."
"I want to live forever, and I know I won't. I'm not afraid of dying. I'm only afraid of one thing: not being able to raise my kids."
"When I make a film I'm away from home for two to three months. So I want my kids to look at my films one day and say, I love his movies, I love his choices-because he loved them."
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"When I see my children, and when I see the people who value me, I know how lucky I am."
"We all have that burning question about what happens if we lose somebody we love, especially if we lose them tragically. We wonder what fear was going on, we wonder if we could have reached out and touched them, held their hand, looked in their eyes, been there."
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