European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine Onon Pic tums Costner gave his fans a run for their Money in the film no Way  Kevin Costner after Field of dreams a new Challenge Costner is the director of his newest film. Orion Pic Lurns by Bob Thomas associated press Evin Costner Clad in his customary costume of jeans to shirt sweater and Day old Beard arrived Lato for an interview but presented a valid excuse he had been picking up tips on Librn directing irom movie giant Steven Spielberg i need All the help i can get and who could to a better teacher remarked Costner. Who starts directing himself in a we next july. Costner s modest Attico at Raleigh studios where he onco worked As a labourer displays evidence of the new project. On the Walls Are dozens of note pad pages detailing each scene of the dim As Yel untitled. Next he plans to storyboard an artist s concept of each camera Angle. I need to have that  to explained. Ill leave a window Lor new things to come in during filming. I need to communicate to Many people what i m trying to do. Those ideas can to built  Costner gave no specifics on what he had Learned from Spielberg but said both men had been dancing around each other in search of a Mutual project. The Only time i worked Lor Steven was when i did an amazing stories Lor  the actor said referring to the old to show. Three years ago Costner was known mostly Lor playing the Corpse in the big chill then came Silverado the untouchables no Way out and Bull Durham. For his new him. Field of dreams he reportedly was paid $2.5 million so Why take on the added labor of directing his next film i have to maintain interest in what i m doing this particular subject generates a certain amount of interest for me. When this project was born it was not on the surface a very commercial movie. Yet i believe it s very commercial. The theme of it is people who want to Lalk to each other but can to because of the language Barrier Between White settlers and indians. It s a period piece set in the 1860s. This is nol a movie to set the record straight or to reinvent what happened it s just a theatrical piece but in s More than nil Loo. There s a lot of action in  there s nol much action in Field of dreams a baseball fantasy which some critics have described As Capra esque. Costner plays an Iowa Farmer who holds a mystery voice and builds a baseball Diamond in his Cornfield soon the ghosts of the infamous Chicago Black sox team show up to play. Costner acknowledged thai the script based on the novel shoeless Joe by . Kinsella. Was a Tough sell. Writer director Phil Alden Robinson worked on it Lor six years before gelling it made. I did t have to be convinced of it Costner remarked. The minute i read it. I thought that i would want to do this movie. Why i Don t know. I make movies and you need to have subjects. The amount of movies i la do in my life Are numbered it s a finite number. As a script passes Over me it has to reach me emotionally i Don t care what genre it is comedy or action or something else. Those Don t dictate what i la do but it just has to have a certain amount of poignancy. Field of dreams did. It also had what i m always looking for other Strong Strong characters. So i knew that we would be Able to attract Good  among them James Earl Jones Burl Lancaster Amy Madigan Ray Liotta. Costner was born in a los Angeles suburb son of a Power lineman who was part Cherokee which helps explain his next project his father s work required repeated moves and Costner recalls of school i was tuesday May 16, 1989 always on the  to studied marketing at California stale University Fullerton but also acted in a Community theater alter marrying his College Sweel Hearl Cindy Silva a former Snow White at Disneyland Kevin quit a marketing Job to try Hollywood. He spent six years As a set worker at Raleigh studios studying at night in acting workshops. Alter his Flashback scene was Cut irom the big chill. Lawrence Kasdan cast him As the hell raising gunslinger in Silverado. To clicked immediately. Because he believes he should support All his films Costner did the new York Media whirl for Field of dreams. He readily admits thai he does t enjoy it. He is an extremely private Man Yel to does t dwell on his loss of privacy. As Many doors Hal close to you. There Are others that open up. I Don l think anybody has been Able to resolve the privacy Issue. You still see people who have a certain amount of Fame and Don l know How to Deal with it. There s no Good answer Lor when something that is unique to an individual their privacy is taken away. When you experience the loss of that it s something you la never Ever get Back in your life. There s no reason to cry or to pout. In s something i la never get Back. In s like my daughter As she grows older Shell never be a baby again. You have to enjoy those times. My son just started to walk. We probably will nol have any More children so there will never be another helpless helpless child. Thai phase is  the Costner recently bought a getaway Home in Santa Barbara bul their main residence is nol on the trendy West Side but in la Canada a few Miles from the Pasadena Rose bowl. To bought our first Home in Pasadena to said. A lot of our friends Are out there so we can keep up those  the stars and stripes Page 13