Veteran actor/director ROBERT REDFORD has dismissed the current generation of younger Hollywood stars as fame-obsessed, insisting many actors are ‘going into the business of themselves’.

The 71-year-old grew up in Los Angeles but has for decades kept his distance from the world’s movie capital.

He tells Playboy magazine, “Today more than ever, I see young actors going into the business of themselves. They find some commercial hook and they play it out. You see them doing every magazine cover, every TV show. I think that’s a mistake.

“One of the benefits of growing up in L.A. was that Hollywood wasn’t the end of my rainbow. As a kid, I would see famous actors and say, ‘Oh s**t, that person is bald’ or whatever.

“Furthermore, I always benefited from having interests outside L.A. I felt it was important to be in Utah, to raise my kids there. It was grounding for them and me.

“I came to see Hollywood as a place where I could make social statements under the guise of entertainment – and then get out.”

I agree Robert… I agree