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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I think a lot of people thought my career started with Butch Cassidy.
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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.
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You have to go someplace and get in touch with it. You can't put those kinds of words on the screen without some kind of reference. It would be impossible. It wouldn't make any sense. I know that territory, by association, not necessarily personal experience, but by association.
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Weve poisoned the air, the water, and the land.In our passion to control nature,things have gone out of control.Progress from now on has to mean something different.Were running out of resources andwe are running out of time
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This was made before 'Million Dollar Baby'... but this was put on the shelf for so long.
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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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Documentary films offer viewers a chance to absorb a great deal more information about a subject or issue.
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We do not own this place, we are just passengers
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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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But now there's something rolling around that we're talking about it, and the real question is whether he can remember his lines or not.
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Why do they have to mess with things that were perfect the first time around?
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To the outside world, it's a big fat market where you have people like Paris Hilton going to parties. Now, she doesn't have anything to do with anything. I think the festival is close to being out of control.
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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.