#h

Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck. ↗

— Eli Wallach

#got #hangman #having #like #neck

I've been around where I knew other actors were going to steal the scene, and I don't compete with them. ↗

— Kevin Costner

#been #compete #going #i #knew

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

#follow #game #heart #hit #i

Failure doesn't kill you... it increases your desire to make something happen. ↗

— Kevin Costner

#failure #happen #increases #kill #make

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

#civil #civil war #cliched #cut #dances

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

#better #bruce #good #i #jfk

I always end up being the evil one, and I wouldn't hurt a fly. ↗

— Eli Wallach

#being #end #evil #fly #hurt

I split my time between Santa Barbara and Aspen. I live on a pretty fast horse. ↗

— Kevin Costner

#barbara #between #fast #horse #i

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

#because #been #believe #humiliated #i

One person doesn't have to shoulder all the responsibility for why a film does or doesn't do well. ↗

— Kevin Costner

#film #person #responsibility #shoulder #well