Veteran actor ROBERT REDFORD resents the Lifetime Achievement Award he received at the 2002 Academy Awards - because he is not ready to draw a line under his acting career yet.
THE HORSE WHISPERER star, 68, admits the acknowledgement felt a like Hollywood's way of telling him to retire from the silver screen gracefully.
But Redford has his sights set on future projects, and implores other retrospective prize-givers to wait until he has retired on his own terms.
He says, "Yeah, it's like you suddenly feel like you're being bronzed. I don't feel ready for that yet, myself.
"I've got some nice projects ahead... In no way do I feel in the mood to retire.
"Sometimes when you get a lot of awards, you begin to feel like, 'Why don't you wait a little bit?'"
23/01/2006 02:41
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