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
film
The mainstream usually follows trends, it seldom sets them except for a few films.
home profound soul
I would see my hometown, Los Angeles, change. Green space and orange groves gave way to cement, freeways flooded with traffic, and air pollution, all in the name of "progress." I felt like I was losing my home. It had a profound effect on me, and I realized just how important nature was to my spirit, my soul, my point of view.
complicated
I'm not that interested in someone that one-dimensional, but I'm interested in playing somebody that's more complicated.
alike paul reluctant talk talking
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.
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.
gone great guy
God, it was great to play a guy like him, gone to seed, surly,
food cooking healthy
Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better.
technology stories film
The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that it's all in the story.
point-break people hardship
I'm interested in that thing that happens where there's a breaking point for some people and not for others. You go through such hardship, things that are almost impossibly difficult, and there's no sign that it's going to get any better, and that's the point when people quit. But some don't.
struggle waiting-around nuts
Curiously, directing my own films have made me more tolerant and patient. I've always been an extremely impatient actor. Waiting around drove me nuts. But now I'm much more sympathetic to a director's struggle.
weekend inspire mind
Storytellers broaden our minds: engage, provoke, inspire, and ultimately, connect us.
movie book night
I don't know what your childhood was like, but we didn't have much money. We'd go to a movie on a Saturday night, then on Wednesday night my parents would walk us over to the library. It was such a big deal, to go in and get my own book.
persons right-now
You’re never going to be the same person you are right now.
acting attention pay-attention
A lot of what acting is is paying attention.