Robert Redford Net Worth

Robert Redford's Quotes

• [on his appearance in Havana (1990)] All everyone talked about was aging. It took me by surprise because I have not thought of myself that way. I assumed I would age naturally, as time went on.
• As a director, I wouldn't like me as an actor. As an actor, I wouldn't like me as a director.
• I am perhaps the best-looking grandfather around, apart from Marlon Brando, of course!
• Some people have analysis. I have Utah.
• [on refusing the role of Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate (1967), the role that made Dustin Hoffman a star seven years before Redford obtained super-star status himself] I never did look like a 21-year-old just out of college who'd never been laid.

Interesting Facts about Robert Redford

1. 10/97: Ranked #29 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.
2. 1995: Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#4).
3. Father of Shauna Redford (born on 15 November 1960), James Redford (born on 15 May 1962) and Amy Redford (born on 22 October 1970). His oldest son Scott was born in 1959 and died shortly after from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
4. German painter Sibylle Szaggars has been his longtime companion since 1996.
5. Was considered for the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather (1972).
6. He received a chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (knight) for his work through the Sundance Institute, promoting independent film.
7. Mentioned in the theme song of the 1980s TV hit The Fall Guy (1981).
8. Lost out on the role of Ben Braddock in The Graduate (1967) because director Mike Nichols didn't think anyone would believe Redford would have trouble getting "the girl".
9. In the early 1970s Paramount had plans to remake Double Indemnity (1944) with Redford in the Fred MacMurray role. The project never got off the ground.
10. He is a national member of Kappa Sigma, the fraternity he was member of while attending the University of Colorado.
11. He was pitcher on the University of Colorado baseball team, before losing his scholarship due to drinking.
12. Has done 11 period pieces, including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Sting (1973), The Natural (1984) and Out of Africa (1985).
13. He is the founder of the Sundance Film Festival, which he named after his character from the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).
14. He and famed Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale were in the same high school graduating class (Van Nuys High School, Class of 1954).
15. Has appeared in seven movies dealing with adultery in some form or another: The Way We Were (1973), The Great Gatsby (1974), Out of Africa (1985), Havana (1990), Indecent Proposal (1993), The Horse Whisperer (1998), and The Clearing (2004).
16. 2004: In addition to being the graduation speaker for Bard College's 144th Commencement, he also received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the college.
17. Was given a fishing rod in lieu of the agreed $75 payment for his first professional acting appearance, on a TV game show.
18. He was voted the 30th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly.
19. Alumnus of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA), Class of 1959.
20. Is of Cornish, Irish, Scottish, and English descent. His patrilineal Redford line originates in Manchester, Lancashire, England.