A. Kevin Quotes

I am a really writer-oriented actor.

I have seen soldiers panic at the first sight of battle, and a squire pulling arrows from his body to fight and save his dying horse. Nobility is not a birthright, but is defined by one's actions.

We recognize ourselves in Westerns, ... I believe the Western can orchestrate moments around reality. The reality can be as entertaining to us as the lie.

You know, what if everybody's wrong in life? And so you have to live your life yourself.

I deal with pressure. I have a tendency to probably be at my best under pressure.

It's never bothered me to work hard. I've probably worked on some of the longest schedules in movie history.

The truth is, I just want do things that are original and throw an original spin on them.

If you want to make a great sports movie, don't put too much sports in it. It's the backdrop. It's the environment.

I think I'm a pretty right down the middle guy. I just think that's kind of who I am. I'm not afraid of my own journey.

I want to be a part of something, and when we define movies now based on how they do on the weekend. We live in a society of "thumbs up, thumbs down."

My whole life has been instinctual for me. I wouldn't do well in the computer world.

I was always listening to my father more than anyone. I was always afraid of my father more than anyone. But there's a moment in time where other men in your life can have a huge impact.

The movies helped define how I should be as a person.

I think I just wanted to work when I finally came to Hollywood. That's what it was. I wanted to get a job, and then I wanted to get the second one.

If it's fifty years from now and it still has the same value, that's a movie.

Great stories don't often make great movies. Its' a crafted art form.

I've always been distracted when somebody is coming after me and saying, "You're the only person who can play this part."

It's nice to be wanted. That's a really good feeling. I'm not immune to it.

I don't read as much as I'd like. I've been writing a lot. I've been doing a lot of music, but I don't read as much as I should. I just don't.

My children range in age from 5 to 31. We adopted the 5-year-old, but people are often impressed with my wife before knowing that.

The greatest threats to North Dakota are policies coming out of Washington, D.C. I see it every day and feel a sense of responsibility to do something about it.

I really see the vocation of politics like I see every vocation - whether its being a reporter or serving in public life or being a plumber - as an extension of ministry.

The great scandal of American life is that we pay for German levels of government without enjoying the related benefits.

Benign environmentalists are opposed to pollution, as all sensible people are; malign environmentalists are opposed to energy and most of what it enables.

Detroit's political leadership is a parasite that has outgrown its host.

If you're not willing to have somebody hauled off at gunpoint over the project, then it's probably not a legitimate concern of the state.

I love to go back and write and direct another film one day, but that's on the backburner for now because I'm involved with so much television at the moment.

I'm always going to look and refer to things and remember things differently than perhaps a real or honest viewer can. I'm tainted with knowing too much. But I still very much love it.

I look at it [Scream movie] and think, wow, I can't believe I wrote that at such a young age. I also look at it and go, ohhh ouch, that dialogue, whoa.

A closed mouth doesn't get fed.

In fact, I love singing. I just have a small problem with pitch, tune, melody, and lyrics. But that's never stopped me.

I use singing as a warm-up before big scenes I have to do on set. It's also great to make people less nervous.

In this moment, you have everything you need, and life is just a series of moments.

I was raised with a strong belief in prayer. And that's never really left me. I find it great to close your eyes, breathe, and just talk to the universe. It really comforts me.

God is love and love is everywhere, however you need to see it or experience it, whatever name you have for it.

When you share the gospel, you're not calling people to a better way of life, you're proclaiming to them eternal life.

Our God is righteous enough to judge and kind enough to forgive.

The richest treasure God has for you are the people in your life. Give thanks and don't take them for granted.

The worship of Christ is our joy and privilege today. And tomorrow, and next Sunday, and for all eternity.

We walk into the future in God-glorifying confidence, not because the future is known to us but because it is known to God.

As Christians living in changing times, we must keep three things open: our heads, our hearts, and our Bibles.

Try this New Year's resolution: I won't check my phone, my tablet, or my computer until I've first read a chapter in my Bible.

Grace is free, but it's not cheap.

Inerrancy means the word of God always stands over us and we never stand over the word of God.

Don't follow those who can talk a big game about their amazing faith in Christ. Follow people who are actually following Christ.

Flattery is saying something nice in order to help yourself. Encouragement is saying something true in order help someone else.

God knows everything. So why not run to him and tell him all the things that he already knows?

To run hard after holiness is another way of running hard after God.

No one can hate you in this life more than Jesus was hated.

Don't try so hard to be hip. When the Church finds out what is cool, it is not cool anymore.