以下是本人从国外网站找来的Kevin公开说过的话,这些都是有关他的生活和职业态度的。有兴趣了解他的朋友可以看看。文字比起照片图片更能代表一个人的心灵和思想。

1)I registered as a Republican when I was twenty-one. My parents were Republicans. But as I`ve gotten older I`ve questioned my whole conservative background ... I think you should be fair about how you treat people. Kevin Costner
2)It`s awfully hard if you`re his children, his wife, his mother, his dad; there`s a certain thing we can`t lose as human beings, which is empathy for maybe the hardest job in the world. Whether we think it`s being performed right or not we can`t, like, wish ... or think that`s even cute. - On Death of a President (2006) Kevin Costner
3)My first introduction to English football was in 1990 when I was over here making Robin Hood and I got invited to an Arsenal game. Having watched sports all my life in America, there was no comparison in terms of the emotion that was in the stadium that day. And I really never forgot it. - on being an Arsenal fan Kevin Costner
4)I don`t mind Hollywood. After all, I don`t make movies that are like avant garde or not understandable. I just like to make a mainstream movie with all the edges that existed in the writing and I don`t like to see it flattened out in order to cater to audiences. I don`t really give a shit what people think about my movie after watching it and giving it a test score, but I really care about what you think about it when you see it in its purity, because I don`t feel like I`m going to lose you. I don`t feel like my movies are going to be for everyone because they`re not, because sometimes they`re more adult and that eliminates kids. Kevin Costner
5)Real heroes are men who fall and fail and are flawed, but win out in the end because they`ve stayed true to their ideals and beliefs and commitments. -- Interview with David Giammarco, Cigar Aficionado Magazine, Nov/Dec 2000 Kevin Costner
6) I`m really aware of my disappointments, what movies I didn`t like when I was done. I`m not so sure they line up with public or critical disappointments. But if I have to reduce my life to the box office, I can see what the up-and-down thing is. Popularity now is cultural achievement. If you can be popular, you actually can make a living out of being popular. It`s not my way. Other actors might have made "Bull Durham 2","Tin Cup 2","Dances 2" and "Bodyguard 2". But I don`t think repeating yourself is very good. Kevin Costner
7) The fact that I was 5ft 2 as a sophomore didn`t help. I`m 6ft 1 now but still relate to those feelings. I didn`t date in high school and didn`t get my growth until college. I never got over being short. Kevin Costner
8)I can`t say I really see much difference between my son and daughters except that my girls will occasionally make me a sandwich and my son won`t. Kevin Costner
9)I think you have to look at screenwriting as an art form because it`s not all that easy to do. Not all that many people can do it. So you have to go out and find the material, or develop it from scratch, and I`m one of the handful or people who actually spends his own money on developing and producing projects I like. Kevin Costner
10)I`m happy about the things I`ve done. Not always happy about the results, but happy about the decisions, because I made them myself. And I think that`s an important way to go through life. -- Interview with David Giammarco, Cigar Aficionado Magazine, Nov/Dec. 2000 Kevin Costner
11)[On Dances with Wolves (1990)] "This is a bonding film for all. You could put it anywhere in history--the Berlin Wall, Kuwait". Kevin Costner
12)You know, the Kennedys have endured such a large amount of tabloidism over the last twenty years. But my feeling is that no matter what anybody thinks about the Kennedys, in those thirteen days they were absolutely golden. And if other individuals had been in that position, I think the legacy we would have been sharing in the year 2000 - instead of all the bright lights and parties when we hit the Millennium - would be 150 million people dead. It would make the Vietnam War pale in comparison. And if other men had been in power, they would have swallowed hook, line and sinker the recommendations of the military. -- Interview with David Giammarco, Cigar Aficionado Magazine, Nov/Dec. 2000 Kevin Costner
13) I`m a hunter, I hunt but I think there should be gun laws. I think there should be a lot of gun laws. I don`t want to lose my shotgun but there`s a real good reason why I use my shotgun. It came from my grandpa. His cheek was on it. My dad`s cheek was on it and I go out and hunt with my dogs. My gun`s an heirloom to me and my son, one day, when I`m gone, is gonna know, `Your dad hunted with that.` But, even though with the connection that I have to my gun, can I look at the NRA and say, `I think you`re out of line?`. I can say that. Kevin Costner
14)Everyone feels like they could have done things differently in life. But I`m happy about the things I`ve done. Not always happy about the results, but happy about the decisions, because I made them myself. And I think that`s an important way to go through life. -- Interview with David Giammarco, Cigar Aficionado Magazine, Nov/Dec. 2000 Kevin Costner
15)I don`t want to turn my back on that [Bush] family. They`ve been gracious to me. We`re supposed to evolve from frontier justice. I think that the old west mythology is a good thing to have in your spine. But it shouldn`t operate your brain. It`s nice to know that you are willing to fight, but it`s good to know how smart you are about not fighting. - On the Iraq war Kevin Costner
16)I put on 20 pounds for the film. I drank whole milk with sugar, bananas and ice cream. And chocolate and cookies. - On gaining weight for The Upside of Anger (2005). Kevin Costner
17)I`m not into plugs, rugs or drugs to correct this problem and would rather just shave it off. - on going bald Kevin Costner
18)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. Kevin Costner
19)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. Kevin Costner
20)When I read Thirteen Days I was moved by it. It was just a great time for the world, in terms of looking back in history and seeing how we got ourselves into trouble and how we got ourselves out of trouble. Kevin Costner
21)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. Kevin Costner
22)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. Kevin Costner
23)What are we blaming? Is this Vietnam? We made a movie, it didn`t make much money. I`m gonna be really happy if somebody watches it in 10 years` time and really enjoys it. Kevin Costner
24)We still live with this unbelievable threat over our heads of nuclear war. I mean, are we stupid? Do we think that the nuclear threat has gone, that the nuclear destruction of the planet is not imminent? It`s a delusion to think it`s gone away. Kevin Costner
25)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. Kevin Costner
26)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. Kevin Costner
27)There are a lot of things that come to bear on movies now that I don`t think are good for movies. They`re trying to appeal to the biggest demographic and, when they do that, you sometimes flatten out. Kevin Costner
28)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. Kevin Costner
29)One person doesn`t have to shoulder all the responsibility for why a film does or doesn`t do well. Kevin Costner
30)Money isn`t a major motivating force in my life. Nor is my profession. There are other things that I care more about than being an actor. Kevin Costner
31)Lincoln was the greatest speaker and he was ridiculed for how he looked, you know? Kevin Costner
32)In America, politicians do whatever to get re-elected, and a lot of decisions that were being made at that time by Kennedy were certain not to get him re-elected. Kevin Costner
33)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. Kevin Costner
34)If you don`t understand your limitations you won`t achieve much in your life. Kevin Costner
35)If it`s going to be wrecked, I want to make sure I wreck it. Kevin Costner
36)I`ve had some movies that have been ridiculed, but that`s OK with me. I don`t feel that really defines me. Should I change who I am to be popular? Kevin Costner
37)I`ve been around where I knew other actors were going to steal the scene, and I don`t compete with them. Kevin Costner
38)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. Kevin Costner
39)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. Kevin Costner
40)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. Kevin Costner
41)I`m getting those familiar feelings, and I`m just going to enjoy the process of getting to know someone again. Kevin Costner
42)I`m a pretty convenient foil for a lot of people. Kevin Costner
43)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.` Kevin Costner
44)I work for the public, for the people who are paying to go to the cinema, rather than for the critics. Kevin Costner
45)I wanted very much to do Traffic and at one point it looked like I was going to work on it. And then, of course, Catherine Zeta-Jones had her relationship with Michael Douglas and it suddenly didn`t happen. Kevin Costner
46)I wanted to see the debates and I believe in the quality of the argument. I don`t vote party line. I vote for the best person. I am a purist. Kevin Costner
47) I think these movies are as much for people of that time as for people who weren`t born. For people who weren`t born, they see how leaders must act under a crisis situation, not trying to be re-elected or not trying to check polls, that they go from their gut check. Kevin Costner
48)I think there are good men and women in all decades. We`ve grown cynical. And look at what we do to all our heroes: Churchill, FDR, Kennedy, they all had affairs. But heroic things happen every day. Kevin Costner
49)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. Kevin Costner
50)I like when my face tingles, when the hair on the back of my neck stands up. Kevin Costner
51) I haven`t tried to buffer myself. I like rolling the dice. Kevin Costner
52) I enjoy sports. I get a real joy from playing sports but I don`t look for those movies. Oliver Stone wanted to know if I would do Any Given Sunday and it just didn`t appeal to me. Kevin Costner
53)I don`t think I`d have been as good as Bruce was. He was a better JFK than I would have been. Kevin Costner
54)I don`t think I ever take huge risks, though I`m not scared of doing so. Kevin Costner
55)I don`t feel the need to direct. I tried to get other people to direct Dances, but they wouldn`t do it. They all thought it was too long. One director wanted to cut the Civil War sequence. Another thought the white woman was very cliched. Kevin Costner
56)I believe people who go into politics want to do the right thing. And then they hit a big wall of re-election and the pettiness of politics. In the end, politics gets in the way of the business of people. Kevin Costner
57)I am not a cynic. Kevin Costner
58)Field of Dreams is probably our generation`s It`s A Wonderful Life. Kevin Costner
59)Failure doesn`t kill you... it increases your desire to make something happen. Kevin Costner
60) Being a celebrity is probably the closest to being a beautiful woman as you can get. Kevin Costner