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Don’t askRobert Redfordto stick around forever.
The veteran actor, 82, opened up about his decision to retire while promoting his latest filmThe Old Man and the Gunat the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival on Monday.
Redford, who spoke toVariety, said while he’s not sure his new film is the last one for him he knows for certain the end of the road is near.
“I can’t last forever,” he told the outlet.
TheButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kidaddressed his decisionto retire in late Augustat the Telluride Film Festival.
“The truth is that I really do feel that it’s time for me to move into retirement,” Redford said at the time. “I’ve been doing this since I was 21. I’ve put my soul and heart into it over the years. I thought, ‘That’s enough. Why don’t you quit while you’re a little bit ahead? Don’t wait for the bell to toll. Just get out.’”
He added, “So I felt my time had come and I couldn’t think of a better project to go out on than this film.”
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The actor revealed toEntertainment Weeklyin early August that he was retiring from acting saying, “Never say never, but I pretty well concluded that this would be it for me in terms of acting, and [I’ll] move towards retirement after this ‘cause I’ve been doing it since I was 21.”
“I thought, ‘Well, that’s enough.’ And why not go out with something that’s very upbeat and positive?” he added.
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He has directed critically acclaimed movies likeA River Runs Through ItandOrdinary People, and he foundedthe Sundance Institute.
source: people.com
