I think Hollywood... well, there is no Hollywood anymore so let's just call it the mainstream since the business is no longer Hollywood producing its own films and then distributing, they just distribute. Robert Redford More Quotes by Robert Redford More Quotes From Robert Redford Times change; Hollywood is not the same as it was when I first entered the business. It felt to me like it was starting to narrow down and centralize itself around what would... make money. Robert Redford down-and hollywood firsts When people start thinking of you more as a persona, they are less inclined to allow you to move into different areas. Sometimes they're wrong. Sometimes they're just very stereotypical or restricted in their own thinking of what they'll allow you to do. Robert Redford thinking-of-you people moving Ideas aren't real estate, they grow collectively and that knocks out the egotistical loneliness that generally infects art. Robert Redford loneliness real art Filmgoers are starved for new ideas, voices and visions. Robert Redford vision voice ideas I believe in mythology. I guess I share Joseph Campbell's notion that a culture or society without mythology would die, and we're close to that. Robert Redford share believe culture I'm not interested in a film about golf but I am interested in golf as a metaphor. Robert Redford metaphor film golf 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. Robert Redford guts i-can looks When did Noah build the boat? - Before the rain. Robert Redford boat rain love Ambiguity is something that I really respond to. I like the complexity of it. Robert Redford ambiguity complexity The way I deal with arthritis is to keep moving. As long as I can play hard tennis, as long as I can ski or ride a horse - all kinds of things can come your way. As long as you can, do it. People who retire die. My dad retired and died shortly after. Just keep moving. Robert Redford horse dad moving As an actor and as a person you come together with being in familiar territory although that has not been my whole life. That's been a part of it. I think a lot of people associate me with the west because of Sundance. Robert Redford together people thinking You can't completely control the sport - Tiger Woods comes close. The test is against yourself and nature's own way. I find golf a particularly good metaphor for this story. Robert Redford stories golf sports We've 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. We're running out of resources and we are running out of time. Robert Redford passion running mean The country is so wounded, bleeding, and hurt right now. The country needs to be healed-it's not going to be healed from the top, politically. How are we going to heal? Art is the healing force. Robert Redford hurt country art I was blessed to look well and retain a youthful look but that was just genes. I was disappointed when critics started pointing out my wrinkles. I thought, you mean this is what it's gonna be about now? I'm not going to be permitted to be human? Robert Redford blessed success mean I did not, like my children and people today, grow up with television as part of my life. Robert Redford growing-up children people The world around us is in a sea change, and I think the glory of art is that it cannot only survive change, it can lead it Robert Redford sea art thinking We program the festival, after 20 years, exactly the way we did on the first day. Robert Redford festivals way years 'Butch Cassidy' was the only film I ever enjoyed making. Robert Redford enjoyed film 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
