Some thoughts

Costner was now a hot commodity and he followed up his star making role with the cold war thriller No Way Out co-starring Gene Hackman and Brian De Palma’s Oscar-winning epic gangster film The Untouchables. The Untouchables showed that Kevin Costner was a fully fledged leading man and his charisma shone through, even when sharing the screen with Hollywood legends like Robert De Niro and Sean Connery (who won an Oscar for his performance in the film). The film was a box office smash and Costner would follow it up with two of his most iconic films baseball dramas Bull Durham and Field of Dreams. 

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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)

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.

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 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.

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