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> [Sundance was started as a mechanism for the discovery of new voices and new talent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-redford/sundance-was-started-as-a-mechanism-for-the-discovery-of-new-voices/)

[Robert Redford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-redford/)

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> [We program the festival, after 20 years, exactly the way we did on the first day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-redford/we-program-the-festival-after-20-years-exactly-the-way-we-did-on-the/)

[Robert Redford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-redford/)

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> [ There's a lot of hyperventilation that takes off before the \[Sundance Film\] Festival, a lot of buzz. Every year we hear, this… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-redford/there-s-a-lot-of-hyperventilation-that-takes-off-before-the-sundance/)

[Robert Redford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-redford/)

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## More by Robert Redford

> [When I became successful, I put up a caution. I didn't think it was fair to have the shadow of that kind of success…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-redford/when-i-became-successful-i-put-up-a-caution-i-didn-t-think-it-was/)

[Robert Redford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-redford/)

> [Never revisit the past, that's dangerous. You know, move on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-redford/never-revisit-the-past-that-s-dangerous-you-know-move-on/)

[Robert Redford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-redford/)

> [I have no regrets, because I've done everything I could to the best of my ability.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-redford/i-have-no-regrets-because-i-ve-done-everything-i-could-to-the-best-of/)

[Robert Redford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-redford/)

> [When you get older, you learn certain life lessons. You apply that wisdom, and suddenly you say, 'Hey, I've got a new lease on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-redford/when-you-get-older-you-learn-certain-life-lessons-you-apply-that/)

[Robert Redford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-redford/)

> [The country is so wounded, bleeding, and hurt right now. The country needs to be healed-it's not going to be healed from the top,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-redford/the-country-is-so-wounded-bleeding-and-hurt-right-now-the-country/)

[Robert Redford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-redford/)

> [When I was a kid, nobody told me I was good-looking. I wish they had. I would've had a better time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-redford/when-i-was-a-kid-nobody-told-me-i-was-good-looking-i-wish-they-had-i/)

[Robert Redford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-redford/)

> [Criticism challenges current findings. The effort to defend one's position can lead to deeper insights or consideration of options previously not considered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-redford/criticism-challenges-current-findings-the-effort-to-defend-one-s/)

[Robert Redford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-redford/)

> [There's a lot of money to be made by strip-mining and drilling the dirtiest oil on the planet. But why should the rest of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-redford/there-s-a-lot-of-money-to-be-made-by-strip-mining-and-drilling-the/)

[Robert Redford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-redford/)

> [All of the films that I've made are about the country I live in and grew up in... And I think if you're going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-redford/all-of-the-films-that-i-ve-made-are-about-the-country-i-live-in-and/)

[Robert Redford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-redford/)

> [I've been very fortunate in that I've had wonderful relationships with people I've worked with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-redford/i-ve-been-very-fortunate-in-that-i-ve-had-wonderful-relationships/)

[Robert Redford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-redford/)

> [I've always liked speed. I own a car that I shouldn't be talking about because I'm an environmentalist, but the 1955 Porsche Spyder 550…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-redford/i-ve-always-liked-speed-i-own-a-car-that-i-shouldn-t-be-talking-about/)

[Robert Redford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-redford/)

> [The way you really find out about the performer's seriousness about the cause is how long they stay with it when the spotlight gets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-redford/the-way-you-really-find-out-about-the-performer-s-seriousness-about/)

[Robert Redford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-redford/)

> [Usually I like to improvise. Sometimes, depending on the nature of the piece, I like to improvise because I think it brings a certain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-redford/usually-i-like-to-improvise-sometimes-depending-on-the-nature-of-the/)

[Robert Redford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-redford/)

> [Because, you know, you're in Utah. And because of its political conservatism, if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-redford/because-you-know-you-re-in-utah-and-because-of-its-political/)

[Robert Redford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-redford/)

> [What I would do is when I was younger I would draw in a sketch book something that happened in my life and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-redford/what-i-would-do-is-when-i-was-younger-i-would-draw-in-a-sketch-book/)

[Robert Redford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-redford/)

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