Quotes

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?

On his appearance in Havana: 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," 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.

I used to feel competitive about a career, but now the only things I'm really passionate about are my family, the environment and Indians.-- quoted by Robert Osbourne, "Academy Awards 1974 Oscar Annual"