Every Single Art Form Is Involved In

I Make Films, And I Hope That People Come To See Them. If They Don't, I Pay A Big Price. But I Can't Make Decisions Where I Would Change My Own Standards Or My Own Taste In Order To Court The Public In Some Way.

I'm Not Trying To Push My Political Agenda On Anybody. I'll Do That Like Any Other Citizen By Giving Money To A Party Or Candidate I Believe In. I Don't Mind Going Out And Endorsing Somebody I Believe In. But When We're Talking About My Films, I Don't Think My Politics Should Have Anything To Do With It.

I've Produced My Own Films For Twenty Years Now - It Means I Have To Talk To Less People.

I'm Trying To Be Morally Responsible And No More. I Don't Have An Agenda I'm Trying To Push. People Talk About Three Days Of The Condor As Being Anti-government But The Last Statement In That Movie Is The Cia Guy Saying To Robert Redford, "ask 'em When They're Running Out. Ask 'em When There's No Heat In Their Homes And They're Cold. Ask 'em When Their Engines Stop. Ask 'em When People Who Have Never Known Hunger Start Going Hungry. You Want To Know Something? They Won't Want Us To Ask 'em. They'll Just Want Us To Get It For 'em!"

Hollywood Was Set Up By A Bunch Of Businessmen. They Do Not See Their Job As Being Philanthropists. I Don't Think It's A Contradiction In Terms To Attempt To Be A Good Businessman And To Also Be Liberal.