Kevin Costner felt like a ‘dumbbell’ in school before finding his passion

Kevin Costner's parenting benignant is starring by example.

While promoting his latest project, starring successful the History Channel's caller bid "The West," Costner admitted helium considered himself a "dumbbell" increasing up, but helium didn't fto that halt him from chasing his passion, similar American past and the West.

"I don't know, the proposal thing, I'd similar them to spot however I bash my work. I instrumentality it seriously. I'm a nationalist schoolhouse guy. I was often not astatine the incorrect extremity of the doorbell curve. There was excessively overmuch math, and determination was not capable history. And I was made to consciousness similar a dumbbell," Costner said.

Kevin Costner says his 7 kids "rule" him. (Dominique Charriau/WireImage)

"Because if you don't bash good successful that thing, you're a dumbbell. So, I ever thought I was a daydreamer. I deliberation I don't cognize what proposal I springiness them, different than I anticipation they tin find that yellowish ceramic road, you know, to onshore connected it and person the courageousness to spell guardant and don't fto the economics thrust their decisions successful their lives. Find what they love," Costner said.

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Costner is simply a begetter of seven. The "Yellowstone" prima shares his oldest children — Annie, 41, Lily, 38, and Joe, 37 — with ex-wife Cindy Silva. He shares his son, Liam, 28, with ex-girlfriend Bridget Rooney.

Kevin Costner photographed down the scenes of "The West." (Carlos Jaramillo/A&E Television Networks)

Costner and estranged woman Christine Baumgartner joined successful 2004 and welcomed 3 kids — Cayden, 18, Hayes, 16, and Grace, 14. Baumgartner, a designer, filed for divorcement from Costner successful May 2023 aft 18 years of marriage.

During his interrogation with Fox News Digital, Costner teased that helium gives successful to his kids often, truthful helium lets his canine Bob bash the same.

"Bob conscionable stands determination with a crockery successful his mouth. He's similar that. So, it's similar I tin woody with him. I tin shame him," Costner said.

"I can't shame my kids who privation the keys to the car. I can't shame them that their societal docket is much important than mine. They conscionable regularisation me."

"I can't shame my kids who privation the keys to the car. I can't shame them that their societal docket is much important than mine. They conscionable regularisation me."

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Costner and Doris Kearns Goodwin service arsenic enforcement producers connected "The West," and the histrion is narrating the series. 

Kevin Costner narrates the caller History Channel show, "The West." (Carlos Jaramillo/A&E Television Networks)

Costner's "The West" debuts May 26. (Carlos Jaramillo/A&E Television Networks)

The History Channel amusement is 8 parts and "provides a caller look astatine the epic past of the American West by delving into the hopeless conflict for the onshore itself and however it inactive shapes the America we cognize today," the website states.

Goodwin told Fox News Digital she knew Costner would beryllium cleanable for this relation owed to his spiritual transportation to the West, and his enthusiasm is "contagious" erstwhile you're astir him.

Costner told Fox News Digital he's a large instrumentality of sports and compares the certainty of playing sports to the past of the West.

"I've ever felt that I similar sports, OK? I'm a sports guy. You and I cognize the score, right? There's cipher tin bulls--- america astir who won. There's thing honorable astir the sports page. It's not dishonest. We find retired who won, right? The remainder of our quality is simply a small spot nebulous, but sports ne'er is. 

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"And erstwhile we deliberation astir the West, if we deliberation astir it truly honestly, we accidental it was a unsafe place. All the time, you had to beryllium truly resourceful. I cognize guys that benignant of truly privation to spot the truth. Let maine spot however earthy it was. Let maine however existent it was. Am I that tough?" Costner said.

Kevin Costner dives into the past of the West successful his caller series. (Steve Granitz)

Costner said surviving successful the West was difficult, and past shows galore radical were forced to unrecorded determination without the wherewithal to bash so.

"They went successful groups, and they sometimes perished arsenic groups, and their humanity was alive. And their worst tendencies came out, and their champion tendencies came out," helium said.

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Costner's "The West" premieres connected the History Channel Memorial Day and is disposable for streaming May 27.