When you get older, you learn certain life lessons. You apply that wisdom, and suddenly you say, 'Hey, I've got a new lease on this thing. So let's go.' Robert Redford More Quotes by Robert Redford More Quotes From Robert Redford You work like hell to get yourself ahead in the business. You could go anywhere before, and suddenly you can't go anywhere. It's like being a cartoon character. Robert Redford hell cartoon character I used to feel competitive about a career, but now the only things I'm really passionate about are my family, the environment and Indians. Robert Redford passionate environment careers So what if my face is falling apart? I don't give a damn. Anyway, it gives me character. Everyone thinks that they can stay pretty forever but some come out of Beverly Hills surgeries looking scary to me. Robert Redford character fall thinking Let's get something straight - I don't see myself as beautiful. Robert Redford beautiful It's all about greed and money and it's the driving force in Hollywood. Robert Redford driving hollywood greed Sometimes the failures can be exciting and fun. It's just a step on the road, it's not the end of something. Robert Redford steps fun sometimes Once the festival achieved a certain level of notoriety, then people began to come here with agendas that were not the same as ours. We can't do anything about that. We can't control that. Robert Redford agendas levels people I remember my dad came from Ireland and Scotland, and so he carried with him the fear of poverty. So when I wanted to break loose, it kind of made him very nervous. Robert Redford scotland poverty dad I have a lot of land. I bought it because I had a very strong feeling. I was in my early twenties, and I had grown up in Los Angeles and had seen that city slide off into the sea from the city I knew as a little kid. It lost its identity - suddenly there was cement everywhere and the green was gone and the air was bad - and I wanted out. Robert Redford strong air kids Any time I saw people treated unfairly because of race, creed, whatever - it struck a nerve. Robert Redford nerves race people Because, you know, you're in Utah. And because of its political conservatism, if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. Robert Redford conservatism political utah I love making films more than anything, but it's tough. Robert Redford love-making tough film He's meant to be that classic Homer, Ulysses, Hercules - a character who goes out or has some gift of some kind. He goes on a journey of discovery and part of that is falling into darkness - the temptations of life. Robert Redford journey character fall I don't see myself as beautiful. I was a kid who was freckle-faced, and they used to call me 'hay head.' Robert Redford hay beautiful kids 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 documentaries needs thinking 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. Robert Redford baseball golf sports When I was a kid, nobody told me I was good-looking. I wish they had. I would've had a better time. Robert Redford looking-good wish kids Golf has become so manicured, so perfect. The greens, the fairways. I don't like golf carts. I like walking. Some clubs won't let you in unless you have a caddy and a cart. Robert Redford clubs perfect golf I am a cynical optimist. Big opening weekends are like cotton candy. The films you will remember over time are the films that stick in the consciousness of the audience in a good way. Robert Redford cotton-candy cynical weekend Generally speaking, I went through that. I came to a place where I realised what true value was. It wasn't money. Money is a means to achieving an end, but it's not the end. Robert Redford achieve talking mean
