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...Costner knew how to project and protect himself -- knew acutely who Kevin Costner was -- long before anyone in Hollywood cared. "He had total self- confidence from the beginning," says J.J. Harris, his agent from 1984 until this year. "I'm sure he's had it forever. He's a bigger-than-life person whose presence fills a room, though not in an ostentatious way." Yet he was often willing to torpedo his career to make a point. In Frances, one of his first movies, he risked not getting a Screen Actors Guild card when he balked at saying what...
Family is important to Costner. Dan, 38, who received a Navy and Marine Corps medal for heroism in Viet Nam, is in charge of finances at Kevin's company, Tig Productions, named after their grandmother. To take the job, he left a corporate vice presidency. "You wouldn't do this unless it was your brother," Dan says evenly. "And you wouldn't do it unless your brother was Kevin...
Kevin's wife Cindy, his college sweetheart, left a good job at Delta Air Lines when the Costners began a family, which now includes Annie, 5, Lily, 2 1/2, and Joe, 1 1/2. "She's active, she's involved," Dan says of Cindy. "She doesn't want to be a Hollywood wife." The couple seem close, considering that one of them is a screen stud with a gypsy work schedule. In April, Costner took his wife, children and parents to the gala opening of the Disney/MGM Studios Theme Park...
...Finding a balance between personal and professional is an ongoing struggle for Kevin," Harris says. "He's a movie star now, and the demands on him are staggering." Costner is aware of the challenge. "I know I can do better with relationships with my family, and I have to figure out how," he confesses. "There's just not enough time for the people I care about. I'm a good dad -- when I'm at home. But when I'm away, my motel-room walls aren't lined with pictures of my family. Maybe something is wrong with...
...Costner clan has always been on the move. "This is a Grapes of Wrath family," explains brother Dan. The Costners, of Irish and German descent (with a hint of Cherokee blood), moved West when they lost their Oklahoma farm. Kevin's father Bill recapitulated the Okie migration, moving from one Southern California town to another in various jobs for Southern California Edison. "From Day 1, Kevin was his own person," recalls Bill, 60. "Once he decided to take charge of organizing a parade at his school. I figured it was too big a job for an eleven-year...