...has good sense.
The Jaws actor told Margaret Hoover on Friday’s episode of PBS’ Firing Line that the minimum requirements films will have to meet related to representation and inclusion to be eligible for the best picture Oscar “make me vomit.”
“This is an art form,” he continued. “It’s also a form of commerce, and it makes money, but it’s an art. And no one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give in to the latest, most current idea of what morality is.”
Dreyfuss, who won an Oscar 1978 for best actor in a leading role for The Goodbye Girl, added, “And what are we risking? Are we really risking hurting people’s feelings? You can’t legislate that. And you have to let life be life.”
Amen
Richard Dreyfuss Says Oscars Inclusion Requirements “Make Me Vomit”
"No one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give in to the latest, most current idea of what morality is," the actor said in a recent interview.
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“This is an art form,” he continued. “It’s also a form of commerce, and it makes money, but it’s an art. And no one should be telling me as an artist that I have to give in to the latest, most current idea of what morality is.”
Dreyfuss, who won an Oscar 1978 for best actor in a leading role for The Goodbye Girl, added, “And what are we risking? Are we really risking hurting people’s feelings? You can’t legislate that. And you have to let life be life.”
Amen
