A Quote by Stephen Rodrick

James Salter has been a fighter pilot, a rogue, and a climber. He counts Robert Redford as a friend.

Stephen Rodrick

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Been Climber Counts Fighter Fighter Pilot Friend James Pilot Robert Rogue

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Stephen Rodrick
American - Journalist

I think what Robert Redford established is amazing; thank god for Robert Redford. He's set an amazing example with Sundance and I hope to follow that in my own way.

John Boyega

I met Robert Redford at the Golden Globes because he stepped on my foot. He stepped on my foot as he was walking by, and he was like, 'Oh, I'm so sorry!' And I was like, 'It's all right. Robert Redford can step on my foot.'

Retta

People think of me in the same breath as Robert Redford and Robert De Niro.

Geena Davis

Robert Redford, ha ha! He's a very attractive man and I'm not. Or Noel Edmonds, as he's a friend of mine and knows me well.

Tony Blackburn

You know, I really wish now I'd had the nerve to become an actor. Because I'd have been Robert Redford, no question.

Michael Morpurgo

I grew up and I kind of took the road of becoming a pilot, which was another dream I had of flying, and once I did attend the air force academy, that dream of flying became more like a project, and I wanted to be a fighter pilot, which I did. I became a fighter pilot.

Luca Parmitano

James Salter has talents on the page we novelists would sell souls to the devil for.

Sarah Hall

I looked at early movies with Robert Redford, and I like how Robert, even though he had that automatic charisma and was a very verbal person, he always played those more silent characters and played within the scene and never overacted.

Daniel Espinosa

Liz Benedict, a teacher of mine at Iowa, is the person who introduced me to James Salter's work.

Alexander Chee

The Age of Average gave us a lot. Take clothing: We've all benefited remarkably from large, medium and small sizes making things affordable and available, but when it really counts - the wedding gown and the pressurized fighter pilot suit - it's bespoke all the way.