Robert Redford Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“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.”

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

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

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

“I'm fascinated by journalism. I put a keen eye, not a negative eye, on its role, particularly how it is changed by the times we're living in.”

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

“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.”

“I believe the American people care a lot about the environment.”

“I'm always drawn to stories that people don't know about, particularly when they're inside of a story that everyone knows about.”

“People say I've gone against Hollywood, but I've tried to be independent within Hollywood, tried to be my own person.”