Editing Robert Duvall (section)

=== Philanthropy and activism ===
In 2001, Pedraza and Duvall founded the Robert Duvall Children's Fund to assist families in Northern Argentina through renovations of homes, schools, and medical facilities.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Benefit Hunter Division Helps Charities|date=April 19, 2010|magazine=[[The Chronicle of the Horse]]|url=http://www.chronofhorse.com/article/benefit-hunter-division-helps-charities|access-date=June 16, 2015|archive-date=June 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617081556/http://www.chronofhorse.com/article/benefit-hunter-division-helps-charities|url-status=live}}</ref> Duvall and Pedraza have been active supporters of Pro Mujer, a nonprofit charity organization dedicated to helping Latin America's poorest women (with Duvall and Pedraza concentrating on Pedraza's home in the [[Argentine Northwest]]).<ref>{{citation |author=Parera, Josep |title=The Latin side of Robert Duvall| date=January 17, 2010 |journal=New York Today }}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=CNN Heroes: Duvall shines spotlight on cause |url=https://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/10/04/duvall.heroes/index.html |publisher=Cable News Network and CNN.com |date=October 4, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010233853/http://articles.cnn.com/2007-10-04/living/duvall.heroes_1_carmen-velasco-latin-america-women-pro-mujer?_s=PM:LIVING |archive-date=October 10, 2012}}</ref>

In May 2009, Duvall spoke for historic preservation against [[Wal-Mart|Walmart]]'s proposal to build a store across the road from the entrance to the [[Battle of the Wilderness|Wilderness Battlefield]] national park in [[Orange County, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KSDZbzTdt0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/9KSDZbzTdt0| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Robert Duvall at the Wilderness Battlefield News Conference|date=May 4, 2009|work=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2011, he appeared at the [[Texas Children's Cancer Center]] charity event, "An Evening with a Texas Legend", in [[Houston]], where he was interviewed by [[Bob Schieffer]].<ref name="tex">{{cite news|url=http://culturemap.com/newsdetail/02-24-11-robert-duvall-and-bob-schieffer-take-a-backseat-to-the-near-89-million-raised-for-texas-childrens-cancer-center/|title=Robert Duvall & Bob Schieffer take a backseat to the $9 million raised for Texas Children's|publisher=CultureMap News|first=Shelby|last=Hodge|date=February 24, 2011|access-date=March 18, 2011|archive-date=March 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305045812/http://www.culturemap.com/newsdetail/02-24-11-robert-duvall-and-bob-schieffer-take-a-backseat-to-the-near-89-million-raised-for-texas-childrens-cancer-center/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In February 2023, Duvall spoke at a council meeting in suburban Virginia against a proposed [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] facility. The facility was nonetheless approved.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jarvis |first=James |title=Oscar-winner Robert Duvall attends Warrenton Town Council meeting to oppose Amazon data center |date=2023-02-14 |url=https://www.fauquiernow.com/news/oscar-winner-robert-duvall-attends-warrenton-town-council-meeting-to-oppose-amazon-data-center/article_10eb8d7c-acdb-11ed-9766-9b8a685fa714.html |work=Fauquier Now |access-date=2023-03-18}}</ref>