Robert Redford was determined to avoid the "death stage" of fame

you know, when I was uh first starting, I had I see I had a run at this before I was in it. I grew up in a town where it was a big deal, you know, um celebrity it and when you usually saw the people, they were they were usually disappointing as as I'm sure I am when you see me do and and they say, "Oh, I see well this guy he's shorter, fatter, bolder, whatever." So there was no magic for me in being in the town where magic was supposed to occur. So the whole idea when I became an actor although I was flatte ...