KEVIN COSTNER - COSTNER SURPRISED BY MOVIE FAILURE

KEVIN COSTNER is surprised his films fail to be huge commercial successes - and insists they all "have a chance to be great". The actor-turned-moviemaker, who lent his name to a string of flops at the box office including 1995's Waterworld and 1997's The Postman, insists the film studios are to blame for his reputation for poor movies. He says, "I am always surprised when a film of mine is not good. They all have a chance to be great, but what has happened to me on several occasions is that the film does not live up to the writing. "The film studios gave them what they thought they wanted and short-changed them. The movie was then put around my neck - it's a Kevin Costner movie. I sometimes feel like I'm the last man standing."