Robert Redford Quotes

I think film likes me better than the theatre does for some reason.

I had the standard movie geek childhood, because for as long as I can remember, all I wanted to do was make movies.

Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot.

My first film festival and my first film that I've ever been in, 'Martha Marcy May Marlene,' that was at Sundance.

I love movies. I can't participate in my love of movie-making fully unless I'm producing it.

It's amazing how everyone has their different ways of working. I like hearing about that process, reading about it. I have so much appreciation for movies because I understand how hard it is to make one. There is always something I gain from watching a movie, whether it's a silly romantic comedy or an art film.

I met Jill Soloway at Sundance a couple years ago. I was there for 'Crystal Fairy', and she was there for 'Afternoon Delight'. She reached out and wanted to get together.

Getting into Sundance is such a big platform for a director.

The crew on 'Three Bilboards,' by the way, is one of the best I've ever worked with. And that's not hyperbole.

When I made my first film, it was just an adventure. But after my first movie, I guess I got more of a feeling of what was happening around me.

I feel I have been a part of some very wonderful films, and I have had it in mind when I was on the set, every day, that what I am doing has meaning.

That's what interests me about film: directing.

Film shouldn't be a pain. It's a creative process.

I'm just a sucker for a good script and people that are passionate about it. I love independents.

Movies are very, very good to me; What do I need TV for?

I have been watching Hollywood films from childhood.

With independent films, you again get to work with new directors and experiment too.

I have always thought of films as stories for the world.

Cinema is a form of art, and like every other art form, cinema also needs freedom of expression.

The best encouragement is when your films run and people who watch it say 'Well done.'

As an artist, all I want is to be a part of good films.

Movies are my bread and butter and my inherent passion.

Movies are not an art form where you get to kind of sit in your art gallery and paint, you know? You don't do that. You're spending a lot of somebody else's money.

I like to produce my own movies.

The only reason I came to L.A. in the first place was to tell stories and make movies. Whatever way you can do that - if you can do that - at whatever level, that's rewarding.