PARK CITY, UTAH—Robert Redford says he’s “not disturbed or upset” that Oscar snubbed him for Best Actor Friday because he cares more about indie film than Hollywood ones.

“I don’t want (the Oscars) to get in the way of why we’re here,” Redford said at a news conference marking the start of the 30th anniversary edition of the Sundance Film Festival, the showcase for independent film he co-founded.

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Redford said he would have liked an Oscar nomination for his solo and nearly silent role in All Is Lost, an ocean survival saga directed by Sundance alumnus J.C. Chandor.

The film was “a pure cinematic experience” that brought him back to his roots as an actor, he said.

But it was a film more for a Sundance indie audience than a Hollywood one, he said.

“I’m not disturbed by it or upset by it . . . I’m fine!” he said, to applause from journalists.

He did fault the limited distribution of the film for hurting its Oscar chances.

“Hollywood is a business, and it’s a very good one, and I have nothing but respect for that ...

“(However), we had no campaign to help us cross over into the mainstream.”

The Academy snub couldn’t have come as a complete surprise to the 77-year-old actor and director.

He wasn’t willing to do the intense campaigning that is often necessary to gain an Oscars nomination but acknowledged that such campaigning is often necessary.

And he’s already won an Oscar: Best Director in 1981 for Ordinary People, which was also that year’s Best Picture winner. In 2002, he was given an honorary Oscar, a lifetime achievement award.

Redford was also nominated for Best Director for Quiz Show in 1995.

And in 1974, he had a Best Actor nomination for The Sting, that year’s Best Picture winner. Sundance 2014 runs through Jan. 26.

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