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Redford can currently be seen on the big screen in the
critically-acclaimed "Pete's Dragon," a remake of the 1977
Disney movie of the same name.
"This was a chance to return to my own childhood experience and
remember times when I was a kid that I loved stories that were
about fantasy, that I loved stories that were about adventure, I
love stories that had magic in them and then you grow out of
that when you're older and you miss it so this was a chance to
play a role in a film which allowed me to step back into that
time," Redford told Reuters.
The actor got his big screen breakthrough in 1967 with a role in
"Barefoot in the Park" opposite Jane Fonda and he cemented his
stardom with roles in classic movies such as "The Sting" and
"All The President's Men." In 1980 he won an Academy Award for
his directorial debut, "Ordinary People" and in 2002 he received
the Lifetime Achievement Oscar at the 74th Academy Awards.
"I think probably the high points are ones where I was able to
make a film that I was told I couldn't, 'All The President's
Men' was one, 'The Candidate' was one, 'Quiz Show' was one,
'Ordinary People' was one, 'A River Runs Through It' was one, so
I think it's kind of a collective. There are performances that I
am pleased with but I'd rather not get into that, but the films
that I've made, probably the ones I love most favorably, are the
ones I was told would never get made but by perseverance they
did," he said.
As well as being known for his environmentalism, he used the
millions he made at the box office in the 1970s to launch the
influential Sundance Institute and Sundance Film Festival in
support of independent filmmaking.
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