Robert Redford
Robert Redford
Charles Robert Redford Jr. is an American actor, director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, and philanthropist. Redford is the founder of the Sundance Film Festival...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth18 August 1936
CitySanta Monica, CA
CountryUnited States of America
apply certain life suddenly wisdom
When you get older, you learn certain life lessons. You apply that wisdom, and suddenly you say, 'Hey, I've got a new lease on this thing. So let's go.'
reporters
If you talk about an issue, what comes back is a description of what you're wearing. Reporters only want to know how tall you are and if your teeth are capped.
people
I think a lot of people thought my career started with Butch Cassidy.
acting began work
I began by doing a lot of character work on TV, just fun acting parts.
I'm not a lawyer, but I do know this: we need to protect our ability to tell controversial stories.
alone came leave milk sequel stuff
The stuff that came to us wasn't any good, ... (They said) can you do a sequel to 'The Sting?' No, leave that one alone ... don't try to milk it.
canada remote
I didn't think about that because I didn't have to. We were in Canada in a very remote place and we were working there as actors. She was just Jennifer.
command dial event scandal sure
I'm not sure you can have an event like that anymore. When we made the film, as you can see, we had dial phones, there was no Internet, there was no cable, there was no computerization of our culture, and so one event like this -- one scandal -- could command that kind of attention.
corner early people standing trying
In the early years, I was standing out on the corner trying to get people to come into the theater.
hard
Because it was always going to be this hard to stop.
criteria obligated reasons starting
Because it's nonprofit, we're not obligated to put the criteria of commerciality on it. That was one of the reasons for starting it.
carry concerns hate love remember
Well I would love to do a movie with Paul, but he can't remember lines. And that concerns me. You know, I'd hate to have to carry him in a movie, you know? It'd be tough.
action talk
Talk is not enough. It has to go to action and that is where we are right now.
broaden connect sundance
Sundance is about storytelling. Storytellers can broaden our minds: engage, provoke, inspire, and ultimately, connect us.