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
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It felt to me like America was always wanting to resolve things too quickly, without thinking through what the costs and consequences would be and how that affects an individual living in that world. Then as I grew up and went about my life, I think I just got more and more interested in that gray area where things are not so easily quantified.
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We could create something that was criticized in the beginning as bound to fail because it wasn't commercial. And it has worked, and I'm happy with it.
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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.
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We do not own this place, we are just passengers
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I vowed after that scene because there was a scene where things went wrong,
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Documentary films offer viewers a chance to absorb a great deal more information about a subject or issue.
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There's going to be a lot of films in there that people are just not going to like at all. That's part of the deal. I don't think it's changed. What has changed is now, instead of 350 people there, as it was the first year, there's 40,000, 45,000.
program
We don't program (the festival) for commerciality. We program for diversity.
hard
That's too bad, I was working so hard,
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I think Paul and I are probably alike in that we're reluctant to talk about something that is not real yet, but we are talking about it.
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Well, I mean, I guess I support any individual's ability to speak on their own behalf.
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Well I like to work, it's just being as selective as you are at the time, when there's maybe less product out there that's available.
wonderful
Julie, it's wonderful to see you. This is Lena.
life
I would go into life for a year. Go on the bum, so to speak.