I'm always drawn to stories that people don't know about, particularly when they're inside of a story that everyone knows about.
Robert RedfordRead
For me, the Sundance Institute is just an extension of something I believed in, which is creating a mechanism for new voices to have a place to develop and be heard.
Interpretation
The Sundance Institute supports emerging artists and new voices in film.
In this quote, Robert Redford emphasizes the importance of providing a platform for underrepresented voices in the film industry. He sees the Sundance Institute as a continuation of his belief in fostering creativity and innovation, enabling new filmmakers to showcase their work and contribute to the cultural conversation. The quote reflects a commitment to inclusivity and the belief that true art comes from diverse perspectives.
In practice
In a speech at a film festival to highlight the importance of supporting new filmmakers.
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.
When I was a kid, all I knew was that I felt more comfortable sitting in one chair than in another. And now I realize it was because one chair was older. I still respond directly to the age of things.
Storytelling was a way to see the world bigger than the one you were looking at, and that had great appeal for me. I think, since that was part of my upbringing, it became part of me, and I wanted to pass it along to my kids and my grandkids.
Be careful of success; it has a dark side.
I had just arrived in New York from California. I was nineteen years old and excited beyond belief. I was an art student and an acting student and behaved as most young actors did - meaning that there was no such thing as a good actor, 'cause you yourself hadn't shown up yet.
So to the wretched writer I should like to say that there’s one body only whose request for your caresses is not vulgar, is not unchaste, untoward, or impolite: the body of your work itself; for you must remember that your attentions will not merely celebrate a beauty but create one; that yours is love that brings it own birth with it, just as Plato has declared, and that you should therefore give up the blue things of this world in favor of the words which say them
I think that cars today are almost the exact equivalent of the great Gothic cathedrals: I mean the supreme creation of an era, conceived with passion by unknown artists, and consumed in image if not in usage by a whole population which appropriates them as a purely magical object.
I lost faith in the Oscars the first year I was a movie critic - the year that Bonnie and Clyde didn't win.
To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.
I hope I have made it clear that the work is about perfection as we are aware of it in our minds but that the paintings are very far from being perfect - completely removed in fact - even as we ourselves are.
I’ve been accused of ‘raping’ the audience in my films, and I admit to that freely — all movies assault the viewer in one way or another.
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