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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In the early years, I was standing out on the corner trying to get people to come into the theater.
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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.
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I'm always moving forward and trying new things.
trying exciting
I've always wanted to try new things because it's exciting and it keeps you active and alive.
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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.
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We don't program (the festival) for commerciality. We program for diversity.
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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.