I didn’t want the attacks to affect me. I don’t believe you should be led by fear. Robert Redford More Quotes by Robert Redford More Quotes From Robert Redford In fact you've got your hands tied behind your back when somebody chooses to take a low road in to you, there is nothing you can do about it, and so you just live with it and move on. Robert Redford back-when hands moving I can't go into a bar anywhere without someone starting to play 'the Entertainer'. Robert Redford starting bars play Sport is a wonderful metaphor for life. Of all the sports that I played - skiing, baseball, fishing - there is no greater example than golf, because you're playing against yourself and nature. Robert Redford baseball golf sports I look at going to Hollywood as going behind enemy lines. You parachute in, set up the explosion, then fly out before it goes off. Robert Redford hollywood looks enemy When I was about fifteen, I went to work at Yosemite National Park. It changed me forever. Nature had carved its own sculpture, and I was part of it, not the other way around. Robert Redford yosemite national-parks forever I guess the optimistic thing is that those people in Congress who are climate deniers, I think their time has run out. Robert Redford optimistic running thinking Between 18 and 19 years old [in the 1950s] I came to Paris. I studied art. And that experience really did change my life. I was living hand to mouth. I walked everywhere. I thought, this city is incredible but you really have to experience it by walking it. Robert Redford hands years art When I was a kid I was not a good student. I went to the University of Colarado, my grades were poor. I was asked to leave after a year. What I really wanted to do was to be an artist. Robert Redford artist kids years Once you leave Sundance suddenly you run into bulldozers and concrete and cranes, and all that heritage that the Mormon culture used to be so proud of is turned into out of control develpoment. Robert Redford heritage running culture Sundance started with two acres back in 1963 that I bought from a sheepherder for $500. What has happened, I could see development starting to descend on the state of Utah. I thought I had better acquire more land to protect it. I thought that would probably be my legacy, to protect land. Robert Redford utah land two People are finally able to look around and say, 'I can see the drought, I can see the rising sea levels, I can see the crops dying. Okay, now I get it.' It is finally beginning to sink in that there has been a lot of damage. Robert Redford dying sea people Television tells us only the things it wants to. It still feeds us heroes, it still offers villains. And even though we know better than to always trust it, we still watch. Robert Redford hero watches television I think "quiet" sometime is a greater power than noise. It can harbor and reveal feelings that can't be expressed. Robert Redford noise feelings thinking [Making Ordinary People] was a wonderful experience. Tremendous. I haven't seen it since. It belongs to the public now; it no longer really belongs to me. Robert Redford ordinary wonderful people I can't watch completed films - my wife makes fun of me. Robert Redford wife fun watches In 1973, I was shown a graphic of how dependent the United States was on nonrenewable resources like oil and coal and that little was being done to change that. It seemed irrefutable that we needed a change in direction or we'd be paying a huge price down the road. That's when I made a commitment to become a political activist. Robert Redford oil political commitment 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. Robert Redford kids world thinking Like all actors, I was open to taking on new challenges, including those outside my comfort zone. Robert Redford actors challenges comfort 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. Robert Redford waiting-around struggle nuts I think you just keep going. I've been that way, my whole life. Robert Redford whole-life way thinking
