Robert Redford Quotes

I'm always moving forward and trying new things.

What is it with you people? You think not getting caught in a lie is the same thing as telling the truth?

'Butch Cassidy' was the only film I ever enjoyed making.

I've been very fortunate in that I've had wonderful relationships with people I've worked with.

I don't see myself as beautiful. I was a kid who was freckle-faced, and they used to call me 'hay head.'

Journalism has changed tremendously because of the democratization of information. Anybody can put something up on the Internet. It's harder and harder to find what the truth is.

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.

Whenever there's chaos, there's ambiguity, and where there's ambiguity, there's fear. And fear gets manipulated.

I think "quiet" sometime is a greater power than noise. It can harbor and reveal feelings that can't be expressed.

I'm gonna die but I haven't thought about retiring.

I have a very low regard for cynics. I think it's the beginning of dying.

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

All my life I've been dogged by guilt because I feel there is this difference between the way I look and the way I feel inside.

When did Noah build the boat? - Before the rain.

...if our humanity - our soul as a society - is overtaken by the materiel and cosmetic, there will be no hope of peace.

I am passionate. I am political about my country, about what it is, how strong it is, how strong it remains.

As a director, I wouldn't like me as an actor. As an actor, I wouldn't like me as a director.

I guess there are different ways to handle success. You can multiply it financially and use it to multiply your net worth. That's always been very appealing to me.

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.

Sometimes the failures can be exciting and fun. It's just a step on the road, it's not the end of something.

Other people have analysis. I have Utah.

It seems everyone in Hollywood is getting pinched, lifted and pulled. I'm looking weird because I'm not.

Success is a tricky mistress. It's nice to have but it's a tricky thing to embrace.

What I would do is when I was younger I would draw in a sketch book something that happened in my life and then write a little something on the side about what happened or what the story.

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.

It's all about greed and money and it's the driving force in Hollywood.

Filmgoers are starved for new ideas, voices and visions.

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.

I didn’t want the attacks to affect me. I don’t believe you should be led by fear.

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.

When I was a kid, nobody told me I was good-looking. I wish they had. I would've had a better time.

The important thing about a sport is the people who devote their lives to it.

The entertainment person gets a certain credibility, and the politician gets a certain notoriety. I'm against it.

We program the festival, after 20 years, exactly the way we did on the first day.

Criticism challenges current findings. The effort to defend one's position can lead to deeper insights or consideration of options previously not considered.

I did not, like my children and people today, grow up with television as part of my life.

Like all actors, I was open to taking on new challenges, including those outside my comfort zone.

I've always wanted to try new things because it's exciting and it keeps you active and alive.

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.

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.

[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.

Any time I saw people treated unfairly because of race, creed, whatever - it struck a nerve.

I don't think you can ever return, really.

I can't watch completed films - my wife makes fun of me.

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.

I didn't think about politics until I came to Europe.

I think you just keep going. I've been that way, my whole life.

I'm not that interested in someone that one-dimensional, but I'm interested in playing somebody that's more complicated.

Ambiguity is something that I really respond to. I like the complexity of it.

I'm not interested in a film about golf but I am interested in golf as a metaphor.