Actors Paul Newman, left, and Robert Redford share a moment during arrivals at a Sundance Institute celebration in New York on Nov. 6, 2006. Redford is the founder and honorary chair of the Sundance Institute, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary.
Kathy Bates, left, Dana Delany, center, and Uma Thurman watch Glenn Close display her waitressing skills during arrivals at a Sundance Institute celebration in New York on Nov 6, 2006. Celebrity guests wore T-shirts stating what their first paying job was.
Actors Paul Newman, left, Glenn Close and Robert Redford share a moment during arrivals at a Sundance Institute celebration in New York on Nov. 6, 2006. Redford is the founder and honorary chairman, and Close is the celebration committee chairman of the Sundance Institute, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The institute gets its name from a movie in which Redford and Newman costarred.
Matthew Modine poses for photographers with Parker Posey, left, and Lili Taylor during arrivals at a Sundance Institute celebration in New York on Nov 6, 2006.
Uma Thurman poses for photographers during arrivals at a Sundance Institute celebration in New York on Nov 6, 2006. Celebrity guests wore T-shirts stating what their first paying job was.
Lili Taylor and Stanley Tucci pose for photographers during arrivals at a Sundance Institute celebration in New York on Nov 6, 2006. The event celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Sundance Institute.
Filmmaker George Lucas attends the Sundance Institute's 25th anniversary celebration at Metropolitan Pavilion in New York on Nov. 06, 2006.
Actress Uma Thurman tries her hand at serving drinks at the Sundance Institute's 25th anniversary celebration at Metropolitan Pavilion in New York on Nov. 06, 2006.
Uma Thurman, left, and Glenn Close pose for photographers during arrivals at a Sundance Institute celebration in New York on Nov. 6, 2006.
Actress Anna Devere Smith attends the Sundance Institute's 25th anniversary celebration at Metropolitan Pavilion in New York on Nov. 6, 2006.
Actor Paul Newman poses for photographers during arrivals at a Sundance Institute celebration in New York on Nov 6, 2006. Celebrity guests wore T-shirts stating what their first paying job was.
Actress Parker Posey tries her hand at serving drinks at the Sundance Institute's 25th anniversary celebration at Metropolitan Pavilion in New York on Nov. 6, 2006.
Actress Marcia Gay Harden passes around the canap
Actress Claire Danes looks up just before spilling her tray of drinks at the Sundance Institute's 25th anniversary celebration at Metropolitan Pavilion in New York on Nov. 6, 2006.
Actor Robert Redford attends the Sundance Institute's 25th anniversary celebration at Metropolitan Pavilion in New York on Nov. 6, 2006. Redford is founder of the film institute.
Actress Uma Thurman serves drinks at the Sundance Institute's 25th anniversary celebration at Metropolitan Pavilion in New York on Nov. 6, 2006.