The last real movie stars were probably Redford and Newman. And things were different then. There wasn't this amazing amount of magazines and information about them.
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Aaron's the guy you follow into battle. He's broad, he's got a strong chin a man's-man kind of persona. Very few actors ... can say subversive things and come off charming. Robert Redford and Paul Newman were guys who could do that.
This is the man my mother lived for. My career means something now because I've worked with Robert Redford.
Of course, in today's society, tax money is great it's revenue that benefits Redford Township. I think it's early to say housing or park. Redford Township now is dealing with the Catholic Central site, and there are approximately 400 new units. ... South Redford needs to weigh their options about what they need to do. The Catholic Central subdivision is only one mile from the Gibson School. They need to see how they're selling, if there's a glut in the market.
I did that film just so I could kiss Robert Redford.
Infatuation is when you think he's as sexy as Robert Redford, as smart as Henry Kissinger, as noble as Ralph Nader, as funny as Woody Allen, and as athletic as Jimmy Conners. Love is when you realize that he's as sexy as Woody Allen, as smart as Jimmy Connors, as funny as Ralph Nader, as athletic as Henry Kissinger and nothing like Robert Redford - but you'll take him anyway.
A handful of older, romantic leading men, like Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson, and Robert Redford are still landing parts.
I had to physically convince the audience that he could fly but, just as important, I had to convince the audience that that man who was playing that role could fly. And I could not believe that Redford or Newman or any of those well-known actors in that role, in blue leotards and a red cape, flying.
I wanted to star in a western opposite Robert Redford. That was my plan for my life.
I'm thinking, this is Robert Redford. You know, he's won an Academy Award, he's talking to me about directing a movie he's in. So you just think that it's Hollywood stuff or whatever.
Nobody in TV makes as much money as Robert Redford, who likes to make movies for several million dollars only on the condition that they contain some sort of social message. I cannot take very seriously a social message delivered by an actor who is paid nine million dollars to deliver it, and who charges you five dollars to see it.