Jour·nal

 Robert Redford …on his first ever visit to Cannes as a teenager in the winter of 1956 Recalling how as a penniless wannabe artist, he had slept rough in Cannes: “I was an artist, hitch-hiking to Italy when I was about 18, 19 years old and I didn’t have a dime and so I slept under a pier.” he said, pointing to the beach in front of the Carlton Hotel. “I remember looking up at the Carlton and thinking, “Wow! I wonder what goes on in there?” I just imagined people in tuxedos and thought, “Jesus, what’s that like?”  When asked what it was like now sleeping inside the Carlton, instead of outside, Mr. Redford responded “You can imagine the irony. I’m now standing here and looking down (from his suite)—it’s pretty amazing.”