Kevin Costner Quotes

It doesn't worry me what anyone says, except when publicity hurts others.

People have a right to ask questions and dig deep when you're hurting people and things around you.

I don't see many people as heroes and, though I love sport, I believe athletes rarely deserve that praise.

My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes.

Our dad was a great guy and we will never forget him.

As a kid, when you're in a film with somebody, you look up to them, you know?

It must have been so impossible to think about it and dare to do that, so they feel compassionate for her. I don't think the movie would work otherwise.

I would want my legacy to be that I was a great son, father and friend.

Success is never bad in Hollywood. It is what you do with success that will dog you.

Better to be disliked than pitied.

Don't throw stones at your neighbors if your own windows are glass.

I tend to admire dead people more than the living. All too often, human reality diminishes the glowing reputation.

I know a lot of people who are not here anymore, and I wonder why I'm still here... Not a day goes by that I don't think about Sam Cooke. His presence is so strong and so convincing to me, a true artist, a true talent, who never talked down to people.

It there is no check to the freedom of your words, then let your hearts be open to the freedom of our actions.

The healing of a nation is a slow process that requires patience. It begins with truth telling, the confession of wrong-doing, the genuine respect for forgiveness and the willingness to accept the consequences of one's actions.

A great man, who lives intimately with his admirers, with difficulty escapes being made ridiculous.

I think I regret the impact on everybody. But I think I just maybe could have gone about it in a kinder way.

I'm not much given to straight, irony-free hero-worship.

Let's set aside our political and ideological differences and take a moment to love our families, hug our children, parents and grandparents and through love and respect, strengthen the bonds that made us the greatest nation on Earth.

I wanted to be Atticus Finch.

Children ran up to me shouting, 'Columbo!' At first, it gave me great pleasure, but later, I said to myself that those children should have had their own heroes instead of admiring a cop from Los Angeles.

I wouldn't say that it's hard for sisters to treat each other with respect. Many do.

I have nothing but all the respect in the world for Jackie Robinson.

Everybody will give you a certain amount of respect just because you're the boss' daughter. But if you don't follow through, you lose that pretty quick.

As I meet more people who were my heroes, I see there is something about them that rings true with all I've ever read and heard about them, and that's all that really matters.