You should prepare when you go to a public event to be public. That's when I will sign autographs. But not when you're going about your normal business. 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-andhollywoodfirsts 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-youpeoplemoving Ideas aren't real estate, they grow collectively and that knocks out the egotistical loneliness that generally infects art. Robert Redford lonelinessrealart Filmgoers are starved for new ideas, voices and visions. Robert Redford visionvoiceideas 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 sharebelieveculture I'm not interested in a film about golf but I am interested in golf as a metaphor. Robert Redford metaphorfilmgolf 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 gutsi-canlooks When did Noah build the boat? - Before the rain. Robert Redford boatrainlove Ambiguity is something that I really respond to. I like the complexity of it. Robert Redford ambiguitycomplexity 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 horsedadmoving 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 togetherpeoplethinking 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 storiesgolfsports 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 passionrunningmean 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 hurtcountryart 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 blessedsuccessmean I did not, like my children and people today, grow up with television as part of my life. Robert Redford growing-upchildrenpeople 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 seaartthinking We program the festival, after 20 years, exactly the way we did on the first day. Robert Redford festivalswayyears 'Butch Cassidy' was the only film I ever enjoyed making. Robert Redford enjoyedfilm 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-whenhandsmoving
