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Have a strong vision about the story you want to tell and how you want to tell it.

Robert Redford

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Robert Redford
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: August 18
Actor
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Environmentalist
Executive Producer
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Film Director
Film Producer
Stage Actor
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The meter is ticking [particularly in the face of climate change], so you've got to get to as much as you can as fast as you can. I grew up with 'This Land Is Our Land,' and public land doesn't belong to that administration or this one. We want our kids to grow up with real natural places, not just photos of them.
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Television tells us only the things it wants to. It still feeds us heroes, it still offers villains. And even though we know better than to always trust it, we still watch.
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Because, you know, you're in Utah. And because of its political conservatism, if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere.
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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.
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I don't see myself as beautiful. I was a kid who was freckle-faced, and they used to call me 'hay head.'
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Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.
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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.
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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.
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I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?
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Storytellers broaden our minds: engage, provoke, inspire, and ultimately, connect us.
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The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that it's all in the story.
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As an artist I just can't think of a better life than the one I've been blessed with. It's just a great ride.
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The entertainment person gets a certain credibility, and the politician gets a certain notoriety. I'm against it.
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I'm not interested in a film about golf but I am interested in golf as a metaphor.
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People are becoming more and more aware of how the dominance of development and business is altering their lives and, in particular, their own heritage.
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If you could ever do a project that really has magic in it, and justifiable magic, you should do it.
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'Butch Cassidy' was the only film I ever enjoyed making.
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I didn't think about politics until I came to Europe.
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I don't think you can ever return, really.
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Usually I like to improvise. Sometimes, depending on the nature of the piece, I like to improvise because I think it brings a certain freshness and a reality to it, as long as it doesn't go too far out of the box.
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