Robert Redford nowadays is celebrated
as a film impresario. And, undoubtedly, there has always
been more to Redford than his handsomeness; try a sly
charm, an evident conscience, and the reputation for
diverse and thoughtful roles.
In college Robert was a baseball player,
and a vagabond painter in Europe. That was, however,
before he turned to full-time acting. Notsurprisingly,
it took him less than ten years to make the transition
from Broadway fledgling to Hollywood superstar in wild
roles, like that in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance
Kid" (1969), costarring Paul Newman. Shortly thereafter,
a reunion with Newman led to 1973's "The Sting".
Ironically, Newman helped Redford bypass his own success.
In the following year, Robert would
deliver spectacular performances in films, such as "The
Candidate" (1972), "The Way We Were"
(1973), "Three Days Of The Condor" (1975),
and "All The President's Men" (1976). He won
his only Oscar , not for being an actor, but a director
for 1980's , "Ordinary People".
He mesmerized people with those eyes,
and made women swoon for him , as he portrayed a hard-covered
hopeless romantic in future films, and won the respect
from many male actors as seen in the quote by Brad Pitt:
"I'm drawn to his strength, his classiness, his
introspectiveness, and his sadness." (CD)
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