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
audience believe naive quiz saw time
The idea was to set Quiz Show at this time of naive energy, when television's audience tended to believe what it saw as what really was.
came corny decided grade ideas low nobody
All these years went by and nobody came up with any ideas that were anything but corny and kind of low grade so we just decided probably that wasn't going to happen.
running culture heritage
Once you leave Sundance suddenly you run into bulldozers and concrete and cranes, and all that heritage that the Mormon culture used to be so proud of is turned into out of control develpoment.
utah land two
Sundance started with two acres back in 1963 that I bought from a sheepherder for $500. What has happened, I could see development starting to descend on the state of Utah. I thought I had better acquire more land to protect it. I thought that would probably be my legacy, to protect land.
people remember spending
I don't remember spending any time with anybody on set. I don't spend a lot of time with people.
believe want should
I didn't want the attacks to affect me. I don't believe you should be led by fear.
thinking people trying
I think there was something that made us not pay attention to climate change. Something that was up there. There was a saying when we were trying to pay attention to the environment that people used this phrase NIMBY - not in my back yard. People were saying, 'I don't care, it is not in my back yard.' But now it's in everyone's back yard.
sea people dying
People are finally able to look around and say, 'I can see the drought, I can see the rising sea levels, I can see the crops dying. Okay, now I get it.' It is finally beginning to sink in that there has been a lot of damage.
thinking want facts
In fact, I think more broadly about what an audience requires, but I want an audience to be fascinated by the process of finding an answer, or finding out there isn't one.
effort challenges criticism
Criticism challenges current findings. The effort to defend one's position can lead to deeper insights or consideration of options previously not considered.
sleep issues water
Water is the sleeping giant issue of the 21st century and we all need to wake up about it.
art impact interesting
The art of making a film and its content are far more interesting to me than the result or impact.
country lying eye
All of the films that I've made are about the country I live in and grew up in... And I think if you're going to put an artist's eye to it, you're going to put a critical eye to it. I've always been interested in the gray area that exists between the black and white, or the red and blue, and that's where complexity lies.
sports baseball golf
I'm not much interested in sport just as sport. I wouldn't be interested in making a golf film or baseball or fishing film.