Robert Redford quotes - page 3

When I started, I was an artist; I wanted to be an artist. I became an actor almost by accident. I acted for fifteen years and tried to produce. I looked for stories that were the story beneath the story that you thought you knew, like 'The Candidate'. (Robert Redford)
People are becoming more and more aware of how the dominance of development and business is altering their lives and, in particular, their own heritage. View quote
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Ambiguity is something that I really respond to. I like the complexity of it. View quote
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I'm not a lawyer, but I do know this: we need to protect our ability to tell controversial stories. View quote
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I was seen in earlier years by family members and people of authority as somebody wasting his time. I had trouble with the restrictions of conformity. It made me edgy. View quote
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The important thing about a sport is the people who devote their lives to it. View quote
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When I became successful, I put up a caution. I didn't think it was fair to have the shadow of that kind of success thrown on my family. And I was cautious about being taken by things that could destroy you. View quote
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Well first of all it's a business and it's a tough business, and you have to have the strength to survive all the set backs all the failures that make this a mean business, that's getting meaner and meaner every year in my opinion. View quote
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I have the freedom to take chances, to say no. I have the freedom to be who I really want to be, rather than have to conform to this or that just to stay alive. View quote
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Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together. View quote
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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. (Robert Redford)
Part of me is drawn to the nature of sadness because I think life is sad, and sadness is not something that should be avoided or denied. It's a fact of life, like contradictions are. View quote
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'Butch Cassidy' was the only film I ever enjoyed making. View quote
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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. View quote
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He has the attention span of a lightning bolt. View quote
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For me, personally, skiing holds everything. I used to race cars, but skiing is a step beyond that. It removes the machinery and puts you one step closer to the elements. And it's a complete physical expression of freedom. View quote
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I was never a good student. I had to be dragged into kindergarten. It was hard to sit and listen to somebody talk. I wanted to be out, educated by experience and adventure, and I didn't know how to express that. View quote
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It seems everyone in Hollywood is getting pinched, lifted and pulled. I'm looking weird because I'm not. View quote
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When I was a kid, nobody told me I was good-looking. I wish they had. I would've had a better time. View quote
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The big moment for me was making 'All the President's Men'. It was not about Watergate or President Nixon. I wanted to focus on something I thought not many people knew about: How do journalists get the story? View quote
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I think documentary filmmakers need as much protection as possible under journalist's privilege. How else is the public to know what is going on? (Robert Redford)
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. View quote
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Storytelling was a way to see the world bigger than the one you were looking at, and that had great appeal for me. I think since that was part of my upbringing, it became part of me, and I wanted to pass it along to my kids and my grandkids. View quote
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It's good to say, 'Look, I can't always be right, but my gut tells me this' - and then you confirm with your gut. View quote
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I've been able to carve out spaces for myself. At Sundance, I'm in the mountains - my property is private. I get on a horse and ride for three, four hours. Sometimes five. I get lost. But when I'm in, I'm in. View quote
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