Robert Redford regrets saying he is retiring from Hollywood.
“I think it was a mistake to say that I was retiring because you never know,” the iconic actor told PEOPLE at the New York premiere ofThe Old Man & the Gunon Thursday.
“It did feel like it was time maybe, to concentrate on another category.”
The 82-year-old actor admitted that he never should have said that his last film would be the upcoming FOX Searchlight crime-comedy.
“I shouldn’t have said that because it draws attention away from the film.”
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In August, the actortoldEntertainment Weeklythat he would be retiringafter wrapping production on the movie.
“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,” Redford explained toEW.
“I thought, ‘Well, that’s enough.’ And why not go out with something that’s very upbeat and positive?”
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Redford made his Broadway debut in 1959 inTall Storyand hit the small screen with various roles in 1960.
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He has also directed critically-acclaimed movies likeA River Runs Through ItandOrdinary People, and he foundedthe Sundance Institute.
The Old Man & the Gun, which also starsCasey Affleck,Sissy Spacek,Danny Glover, Tika Sumpter, and Tom Waits, hits theaters on Sept. 28.
source: people.com
