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.
From Kevin Costner
If it's going to be wrecked, I want to make sure I wreck it.
One person doesn't have to shoulder all the responsibility for why a film does or doesn't do well.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I work for the public, for the people who are paying to go to the cinema, rather than for the critics.
I don't think I ever take huge risks, though I'm not scared of doing so.
I'm getting those familiar feelings, and I'm just going to enjoy the process of getting to know someone again.
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