"Out of Africa" star Robert Redford said he will retire from acting after complete the two films that are currently under production. According to the octogenarian actor, he is tired of acting and will now spend his time directing and to pursue his first love, sketching.
"I'm an impatient person, so it's hard for me to sit around and do take after take after take," Redford told his grandson Dylan Redford during an online interview published by the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis on Nov. 10, Thursday. When Dylan asked his famous grandfather if he wished to return to painting, Redford said, "Going back to sketching - that's sort of where my head is right now."
According to "The Sting" actor, of late he is really getting tired of acting. At this juncture of his life, he would be more satisfied to pursue his passion for painting as it won't make him dependent on anybody, Redford told his grandson.
"It's just me, just the way it used to be, and so going back to sketching - that's sort of where my head is right now," he said. During the interview, Redford remembered that art was his first love. He also recalled that as a teenager he spent much in Europe "exploring story-telling through painting."
However, Redford, who not won an Oscar during his five decade-long acting career, will not quit the big screen any time soon. Even after he retires from his career in front of the camera, he will be seen behind the camera, as he plans to focus on directing.
The actor said that he plans to retire from acting after completing the two ongoing projects - "Our Souls at Night" and "Old Man With a Gun." While Jane Fonda appears with Redford in the first film, he is cast alongside Casey Affleck and Sissy Spacek in the second. According to reports, Redford may also act in two other films - "Come Sunday" and "The Discovery," before saying adieu to acting.
Recently, Redford starred in an indie success, "A Walk in the Woods" (2015), which narrates the 2,000-mile journey of two long-lost friends across the Appalachian. Blockbusters such as "All The President's Men," "The Way We Were," "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" helped Redford to emerge as one of the biggest movie stars of the world in the 1970s and 1980s, Reuters reported.
In 1980, Redford won an Oscar for the film "Ordinary People." He played a vital role in founding what is now called the Sundance Film Festival in 1978 with a view to promote independent movies. Held every year in Utah, the festival is now the most prominent gathering of independent filmmakers from across the world.
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