Richard Dreyfuss Blasts Oscars’ New Diversity Rules: ‘They Make Me Vomit’
etcanada.comThis year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be introducing four new diversity and inclusion standards that must be met in order for a film to be considered for an Oscar nomination.
Richard Dreyfuss, who won an Oscar in 1978 and a nomination in 1996, is not fan of these new requirements, and came out swinging in a recent interview with PBS’ “Firing Line with Margaret Hoover”. “They make me vomit,” Dreyfuss said when asked what he thought about the Oscars’ inclusion standards, and proceeded to explain why. READ MORE: Kirstie Alley Calls New Diversity Rules For Best Picture Oscar A ‘Disgrace To Artists Everywhere’ “Because this is an art form,” Dreyfuss stated. “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,” he continued. “And what are we risking?
Are we really risking hurting people’s feelings? You can’t legislate that. You have to let life be life. I’m sorry, I don’t think there is a minority or majority in the country that has to be catered to like that,” Dreyfuss explained.
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