The Life of All-American Actor Kevin Costner

While returning from his honeymoon with Cindy Silva, Costner reportedly met Richard Burton on a plane and asked him about acting. Burton was already a legendary actor, so the conversation gave Costner a rare chance to hear advice from someone who had lived the career he was only beginning to imagine.

Costner later credited the encounter as one of the moments that pushed him to take acting seriously. It did not hand him a career, but it helped give him the nerve to start chasing one.