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Curiously, directing my own films have made me more tolerant and patient. I've always been an extremely impatient actor. Waiting around drove me nuts. But now I'm much more sympathetic to a director's struggle.

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Robert Redford
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: August 18
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