I am a cynical optimist. Big opening weekends are like cotton candy. The films you will remember over time are the films that stick in the consciousness of the audience in a good way.

Quote by Robert Redford

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Filmgoers are starved for new ideas, voices and visions.

Filmgoers are starved for new ideas, voices and visions.

You can't completely control the sport - Tiger Woods comes close. The test is against...

You can't completely control the sport - Tiger Woods comes close. The test is against...

Golf has become so manicured, so perfect. The greens, the fairways. I don't like golf...

Golf has become so manicured, so perfect. The greens, the fairways. I don't like golf...

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense...

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense...

I had just arrived in New York from California. I was nineteen years old and...

I had just arrived in New York from California. I was nineteen years old and...

What I would do is when I was younger I would draw in a sketch...

What I would do is when I was younger I would draw in a sketch...

Because, you know, you're in Utah. And because of its political conservatism, if you can...

Because, you know, you're in Utah. And because of its political conservatism, if you can...

We program the festival, after 20 years, exactly the way we did on the first...

We program the festival, after 20 years, exactly the way we did on the first...

Once the festival achieved a certain level of notoriety, then people began to come here...

Once the festival achieved a certain level of notoriety, then people began to come here...

It's hard to pay attention these days because of multiple affects of the information technology...

It's hard to pay attention these days because of multiple affects of the information technology...

I'm not a facelift person. I am what I am.

I'm not a facelift person. I am what I am.

Sundance was started as a mechanism for the discovery of new voices and new talent.

Sundance was started as a mechanism for the discovery of new voices and new talent.

There is nothing I can do about this stuff and I am pretty well ok...

There is nothing I can do about this stuff and I am pretty well ok...

It's an honor putting art above politics. Politics can be seductive in terms of things...

It's an honor putting art above politics. Politics can be seductive in terms of things...

Sport is a wonderful metaphor for life. Of all the sports that I played -...

Sport is a wonderful metaphor for life. Of all the sports that I played -...

I did not, like my children and people today, grow up with television as part...

I did not, like my children and people today, grow up with television as part...

Whereas money is a means to an end for a filmmaker, to the corporate mind...

Whereas money is a means to an end for a filmmaker, to the corporate mind...

Usually I like to improvise. Sometimes, depending on the nature of the piece, I like...

Usually I like to improvise. Sometimes, depending on the nature of the piece, I like...

I don't know what your childhood was like, but we didn't have much money. We'd...

I don't know what your childhood was like, but we didn't have much money. We'd...

In fact you've got your hands tied behind your back when somebody chooses to take...

In fact you've got your hands tied behind your back when somebody chooses to take...