A great light has gone out. Once I was pushed into acting from family needing money. I met this great actor in the studio store while filming a movie (I was an extra). I was buying post cards to send home and was a nickel short. I was chosing which to give up when this man came behind me, laid a nickel on the counter, and said "A nickel for the little girl". I saw a ton of make-up on his face and asked if he were an actor. He replied Yes, he was an actor. I thanked him for the nickel and went on my way. Ran into him later with my Mom and pointed out the man who gave me a nickel. My Mom said, Oh that's Robert Redford. He looked up and I said Yes, we are talking about you to remind him about the nickel. At that moment, I was so excited about getting a part in an indie film and showed him my audtion riff I did. I pretended to sell apples. He seemed impressed and introduced me to a table of people at the studio to do the audition riff again for them. He got me another part in a movie filimg the following year. The next year, I showed up for the job that lasted a week cause I had a small part playing the younger version of an adult role. I ate lunch next to him. He noticed I wasn't wearing socks with my shoes when I arrived. I showed him the hole in the sole of my shoe to explain socks would get dirty. He asked why I didn't get another pair of shoes. I explained we went to all the 2nd Hand Shops but none of the shoes fit me right cause I had narrow feet. The next day I arrived and there was a shoes salesman with a measuring device and he bought me a new pair of shoes that fit. Throughout the filming, he kept telling me to "Try it this way". He improved my acting for a kid who had zero training other than getting hit in the head by my Mom after every mistake I made. He was such a kind man. Thereafter, I loved watching his movies.
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