Robert Redford movie quotes

“- Dillhoefer: Now, here's what we do. We put her up on the wing...
- Duke: And she'll fake being afraid...
- Dillhoefer: Right.
- Duke: And the wind will blow her clothes off!
- Dillhoefer: Yes! Yes!
- Waldo Pepper: Wait! Why would the wind blow her clothes off? When I'm wing-walking, the wind doesn't blow my clothes off.
- Dillhoefer:...” (continue)(continue reading)
Philip Bruns - Dillhoefer
Scott Newman - Duke
Robert Redford - Waldo Pepper

“I'm flying so high not even the angels can catch me!”
Robert Redford - Waldo Pepper

“- Jewel: So, uh, what did you say you do?
- Forrest Tucker: Well that’s a secret.
- Jewel: And why is that?
- Forrest Tucker: Well because if I told you, you probably wouldn’t want to see me again.
- Jewel: Who said I was going to see you again?
- Forrest Tucker: Would you?”

Sissy Spacek - Jewel
Robert Redford - Forrest Tucker

If I ever wonder what I'm doing or where I'm going, I just think to myself: "Is that little kid I was when I was just about this tall," I say, "well now, would he have been proud of me?" And if the answer is "no", well then I just keep walking on through. But if the answer is "yes", then I know I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be.
Robert Redford - Forrest Tucker

- Jewel: 'Cause you think about... ten years from now, where will you be, what'll you be doing? Now, whenever I close the door, I think: "Oh, is this the last time I'll ever have a chance to do whatever that thing was?"
- Forrest Tucker: You know what I do when the door closes?
- Jewel: What's that?
- Forrest Tucker: I jump out the window.
Sissy Spacek - Jewel
Robert Redford - Forrest Tucker

“- Jewel: Do you have any children?
- Forrest Tucker: I hope not.”
Sissy Spacek - Jewel
Robert Redford - Forrest Tucker

Let's take this place. Say it was a bank and say that counter up there was really a tellers window and you just walk in, look calm and so you just walk up, look her in the eye and you say "Ma'am, this is a robbery" and you show her the gun, like this [makes a gun with his hand] ...and you say "I wouldn't want you to get hurt cause I like you, I... (continue)(continue reading)
Robert Redford - Forrest Tucker

“Secrets are a dangerous thing, Ben. We all think we want to know them, but if you've kept one to yourself, you come to understand that doing so, you may learn something about someone else, but you also discover something about yourself.”
Robert Redford - Jim Grant

“They can humiliate us, they can beat us, they can lock us away in a dark hole for days on end. But there's one thing they cannot do. They cannot take away from us, who we are. And we are soldiers!”
Robert Redford - Lt. Gen. Eugene Irwin

“Technology gets better everyday. That's fine. But most of the time all you need is a stick of gum, a pocket knife and a smile.”

Robert Redford - Nathan Muir

“- Grace: Guess you heard about the boy.
- Meacham: I did. You know, word travels fast in this town. How long has he been out there?
- Grace: Six years.
- Meacham: Six years? Nobody can survive in that forest for six years. At least not alone.
- Grace: Well... He says... He says he wasn't alone.”
Bryce Dallas Howard - Grace
Robert Redford - Meacham

“- Butch Cassidy: You know, when I was a kid, I always thought I'd grow up to be a hero.
- The Sundance Kid: Well, it's too late now.
- Butch Cassidy: What'd you say that for? You didn't have to say something like that.”
Paul Newman - Butch Cassidy
Robert Redford - The Sundance Kid

“- John Gage: I mean even beyond money, what would satisfy you completely? For you to sleep well at night?
- David Murphy: You're saying you're not satisfied?
- John Gage: Who is?”
Robert Redford - John Gage
Woody Harrelson - David Murphy

“There's magic in the woods, if you know where to look for it.”
Robert Redford - Meacham

“- Red Blow: Pretty good food, huh?
- Roy Hobbs: Damn good.
- Red Blow: You can't spell it, but it eats pretty good, don't it?”
Richard Farnsworth - Red Blow
Robert Redford - Roy Hobbs

“- Mike Smith: Hey, I never got to ask you. Why did you get into journalism?
- Dan Rather: Curiosity.
- Mike Smith: That's it?
- Dan Rather: That's everything. Why did you get into?
- Mike Smith: You.”
Christopher Grace - Mike Smith
Robert Redford - Dan Rather

“- Mary Mapes: How you're doing, Dan?
- Dan Rather: I'm stepping down as anchor.
- Mary Mapes: When?
- Dan Rather: After inauguration.”
Robert Redford - Dan Rather
Cate Blanchett - Mary Mapes

“In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing.”
Robert Redford - Narrator

“- Bank Secretary: So, people hire you to break into their places... to make sure no one can break into their places?
- Bishop: It's a living.
- Bank Secretary: Not a very good one.”
Hanyee - Bank Secretary
Robert Redford - Bishop

“- Grace: I know those woods. I know those woods like the back of my hand. I couldn't have missed a dragon.
- Meacham: Well, you missed Pete.”
Bryce Dallas Howard - Grace
Robert Redford - Meacham

“- Cosmo: There I was in prison. And one day I helped a couple of nice older gentlemen make some free telephone calls. They turned out to be, let us say, good family men.
- Bishop: Organized crime?
- Cosmo: Hah. Don't kid yourself. It's not that organized.”
Ben Kingsley - Cosmo
Robert Redford - Bishop

“- Nathan Muir: He was your asset, somebody you use for information.
- Tom Bishop: Ah, Jesus Christ, you just... You don't just trade these people like they're baseball cards! It's not a fucking game!
- Nathan Muir: Oh, yes it is. It's exactly what it is. And it's no kid's game either. This is a whole other game. And it's serious and it's...” (continue)(continue reading)

Robert Redford - Nathan Muir
Brad Pitt - Tom Bishop

“Commitment is part of you. Part of what makes you attractive, part of what attracted me to you.”
Robert Redford - Hubbell

“I realized my gifts aren't my theories but my ability to recognize great potential in others and maybe give them a little shove when they need it.”
Robert Redford - Professor Stephen Malley

“I won't be closer to you and I won't love you more because of a piece of paper.”

Robert Redford - Denys