Yay Richard. Finally an actor calling out this rubbish

Good job Richard, there should be more people like you who call out absurdity for what it is.

The Oscars are a joke.

I gained a huge amount of respect for him when i learned about how hes trying to bring civics back to schools.

It's reassuring to see that there still are people who are in their right mind.

The pace of his response shows he's really thinking about his response and serious. Bravo.

My favorite character Richard ever played is Curt in American Graffiti. His scene with Wolfman Jack is one of the most true and profound scenes in American movie history.

Always admired Richard Dreyfuss for his acting and intellectual views. This is a great interview with Margaret Hoover of FIRING LINE I just viewed a while ago on PBS TV.

One example of Mr. Dreyfuss being correct is Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama stating that the three branches of the United States government were the Executive, the Senate and the House.

I agree ~ Art is art. It cannot be legislated. Bravo to one of our most brilliant citizens and finest actor.

Agree with teaching Civics in schools again and art is art , you can't do anything without offending someone. If you don't like what someone says or does, simply disagree with them. Everyone should be respected regardless of their opinion, since when is having a different opinion offensive? There are closed minded people on both sides of every issue, people should keep an open mind.

Mr. Holland's Opus is a brilliant, underrated American film. Dreyfuss is correct on what he says.

Richard Dreyfuss loves his country and his art form!

We can’t forget about those who have suffered, when we act like we are not trying to get back what was taken away.

100% agree. Art is art.

Very intelligently done. This is what our country needs, intelligent thought out conversation. Civics stopped being taught because there has been a systematic desire by our wealthiest to dumb down the “we” in we the people. Our public schools are in ruins because they don’t want our children fully educated. Why, so that we won’t know that voting is our greatest privilege.

What an awesome interview! Always a fan of Mr Dreyfuss❤

Hooray, Richard Dreyfuss! Public education in the United States has failed us for the past two generations.

I have so much newfound respect for Dreyfuss calling out the BS in this country today.

I graduated in 1974. We had required government/ civics classes. I don't know what happened after that.

Finally someone says like it is.

Once Around and Always..was really fun to watch his performance. All time favorite Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind THANK YOU MrDreyfuss for using your celebrity to teach civics...country is losing her balls

"We're gonna need a bigger boat..." 😂 Seriously, he's on point. I'm thankful that I participated in Palmetto Boy's State which drilled into my head how and why governance works. I'm thankful that I got to live this exciting when I was 16 years old. One of the most important things I learned was "question everything ".

I hope Richard sees and hears the Roland Martin response. 😂

I'm deeply concerned about America right now

I'm on board with Dreyfuss 100%

Good for you Richard Dryfuss! Great to see you standing up to this insanity. BRAVO!

If I couldn’t Love This Man More? God Bless Mister Dreyfuss!

You can respect a person & simultaneously disagree with them. Just saying. He makes a number of important points. Most likely, we ALL would benefit from more genuine conversations.

When he talks about the guy he was working for not presenting historically factual events but made-up simplified accounts I immediately thought of Jack Nicholson's line from A Few Good Men......"You can't handle the truth!!" I think Directors do that absolutely because more and more we can't handle the truth.....we'd rather have the "fantasy version".

I just love Richard, God Bless him. I’m 58 and would love to take his civics courses. That could save our country if it was taught in our schools!!

RIGHT ON RICHARD! Thank you for sharing your rational thoughts and wonderful career with us

He is totally right about the Oscar rules!

I agree 100%. Art is art, but sadly the world seems to become more and more absurd.

A dying breed of actors speaks out. Thank you, Richard Dreyfus!

he's very refreshing!!! Loved this

Absolutely fantastic interview. Respect to Mr. Dreyfuss, I agree with everything he said. Mediocrity is now the norm for schools, tragic!

He was, and he is straight. With spine.

Thank you, Richard, for speaking up. Btw, I just finished rewatching Goodbye Girl, one of my favorite films of all time, yet again. No one has ever entertained better with their acting. "Dems MY rules..."

Bless him! A true liberal!

"Reality was so much more interesting than what you created." This is how I felt about Martin Scorcese's GANGS OF NEW YORK - which gave us a sympathetic depiction of the Irish rioters in 1863, when in reality, they tore thru the city in protest to Lincoln's draft, and targeted blacks, murdering them, and even burning down a black orphanage, which was thankfully evacuated in time. Yes, New York's Irish even wanted to kill black kids. To sweep such an atrocity under the carpet and sanitize such an evil - just because the Irish themselves had been ostracized by other white classes across the country, a point, I guess, that seemed ideal to make a statement; a very bogus one.

My goodness, THANK YOU Richard Dreyfuss!

Love him in movies like Stakeout.

He’s absolutely correct. Soon enough they’ll be banning films like Kubrick’s 2001 because Hal is speaking in an inappropriate voice. It’s getting absurd now. Art is art.

Great interview and a guest❤

20:55 I can’t wait to see Richard Dreyfuss starring in a remake of Othello lol 😂

Omg when he talked about trump being an idiot that was hilarious.

what sort of award is it when the people in charge manipulate rules and regulations/criteria so your only choice is to give it to the person who passes through all those filters? Its become a participation trophy. Id wager the board doesnt pick their cardiologists based on the same criteria..they will want the best and brightest keeping them alive/going.

This lady smiles when he defends Hoover. We don't need her comments, verbal or facial.

I love him.

An excellent interview with one of my favourite actors. Mr. Dreyfuss voiced every thought in my head and I applaud his brilliance, his honesty, and his drive. What a wonderful human being he is.

Olivier did not play Othello in "black face". Blackface implies minstrel show mentality, a kind of negativity and characterizing black people. Olivier used dark/black makeup to portray the Moor. There was no judgement or negativity involved. He was creating a character with dark skin, which, as Mr.Dreyfuss says, is his right as an artist.

As an independent voter that leans left, but knows the difference between equality and equity… THANK YOU, RICHARD!

This is what happens when people think that unequal outcomes automatically means discrimination - they think artificially tweaking the playing field until all outcomes are equal between groups is a *_GOOD_* thing to do…

the best interviews seen in a long while . Richard speaks true

This was a fabulous interview. Especially his response to the question about the Academy Award. I'm a Black woman, and it really pisses me off to even imagine the Academy contemplating such a ridiculous idea. Let's get back to awarding excellent work, in every category, without the added stipulations. After all, making movies is an Art!

FINALLY!!!! A CELEBRITY WHO SPEAKS THE TRUTH TRUTH TRUTH!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤

“Always & Jaws” were my favorite movies of him.

Respect, Mr. Dreyfuss! Kudos to him!

I am black and I find the new inclusion standards to be ridiculous. I don't judge quality based on color.

The Oscar’s are basically legislating discrimination how sick is that.

I for one would like to thank Woke Hollywood for freeing me from my addiction to tv and movies.

Great 👍

An actor who is contributing to our society.

There's grown ass adults that don't know the 3 branches now.

Bill Buckley was a friend of mine. A real American

You rock, Richard, AND I AM SO PROUD OF YOU FOR STANDING UP, MAN!!!!

He was great in The Goodbye Girl. One of my favorite actors. I agree with his stance on Civics.

Loved him in Moon Over Parador.

Richard Dreyfuss, it cannot be said much more precisely. The ideology of violation and the "I know better" attitude, which gradually permeates today, is completely unbearable and therefore liberating that people like you, who have a "hole through" to the media etc., dare to speak the truth

Unequal outcomes between groups is entirely natural and healthy - a lot of blatt NFL players, a lot of ASN mathematicians. There is nothing wrong with that. Flattening out all those differences to prove your blank-slate theory of humankind right, well there’s a lot wrong with that.

Great interview!

Goodbye Girl .

What a great interview. I agree with what Richard said, about why can't a white man play a black man anymore with out the backlash. It is art, its called acting or have we forgot this.

a staggeringly great episode. Buckley would be proud. However, in my opinion, Aaron Burr’s greatest sin was not the duel with Hamilton, but rather his later treason. He was acquitted because the constitution required two witnesses, and there were not two witnesses.

Richard Dreyfuss is a brilliant guy, glad to see this interview.

At 19:38 I think it's too complicated to have mandated numbers for jobs. There may not be enough people from a particular group with the training or backgrounds to consistently fill jobs in certain numbers.

I applaud him for being honest. Someone has to say it. Kudos to you Sir.

So great to hear truth and logic over emotions

The woman interviewing him is very attractive looking

I agree with him on most. But when he talks about not wanting opposing views taught to our children as troublesome in the schools... my daughters schools have pornographic books of boys giving blow jobs to other books pictorially, to the point I believe whoever put those books in the school should be charged with child abuse. I'm not afraid of opposing views - I'm opposed to child abuse.

They should have had the Jaws theme playing the whole time he's being interviewed

I don't agree with his opinion of Trump but he is spot on about teaching civics and hearing opposing views.

That was a great interview. The new Oscar requirements is ridiculous because now you'll never know what artists want to be inclusive and who will only do it because it is required. The movie Plane for example came out in January and was a diverse fun action B-Movie that got a surprising amount of praise from critics, that movie is diverse without ever bringing attention to it, and it's even getting a sequel. If that movie were to come out a couple years from now it would appear like they only cast Mike Colter in one of the lead roles because they had to pass some inclusion test. That goes for every movie, if The Little Mermaid came out next year it would seem like they only cast Halle Bailey to play Ariel because they needed to, not because they wanted to. I've also seen videos of actors including Idris Elba and Morgan Freeman who would prefer to be treated like a normal human being, rather than pandered to.

19:39 is the question when it comes to the Academy Awards rules for next year when it comes to what’s eligible for Best Picture, Richard’s answer is perfect and the Academy continues to show just how out of touch they have become.

Exactly, Richard. Thank you for being one of the few sane voices in Hollywood!

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Even though the propaganda outlet National Review took Richard's "makes me want to vomit" quote about the Oscars out of context, his chiding of this woke sweep in fear of "offending" people is outstanding. If I were an actor, I'd probably want to play Othello, too! Just as a black actor might want to play Shylock in Merchant of Venice.

The one and only problem with Jaws is the mechanical shark and (spoiler alert) how the shark was killed. I'd like to know if Richard Dreyfuss would be okay with digitally enhancing the original Jaws with a CGI shark that is more realistic.

She should have asked Richard how he feels about a black man playing a white man in white face. I generally agreed with him but blackface had a history of making black people look foolish and caricaturish . Quite different than Olivier simply putting on black face for a serious role.

Bravo

I don't think the book question was not honest questions. If people are honest everyone is for banning certain books and material from school. You can't put a collection of Playboy magazines or have hardcore ponography like Hustler or something like that in a grade school library, It would be illegal to do so even though I could go to the corner store and get them (actually I'm not sure if those magazines are still in print but you get the idea). The actual issue is about the rating of the material in a similar way that you would not have an R-rated movie in a grade school library. The actual question is how should specific books be rated. There are parents that have gone to school boards and read sections of specific book and have had their microphone shutdown because the material was deemed too inappropriate for the school board meeting. For the question to be an honest one, we need to concentrate and the specific books that are judged to be inappropriate and see if a logical consensus can be reached for the rating of these books. I have not seen any of the mainstream media really make an effort to get into the specific book passages that are judged problematic, the mainstream media always uses generals never specifics. By using general concept they can avoid the real issue because they know a good amount of people would go to the other side of the argument if specifics were used.

I loved Richard since childhood. Now I really see why I was enamored with him from the beginning. Great interview!

He’s 100% correct

"Because it's an Art!"

Miracle words from a Hollywood actor who votes democrat 150% of the time, as does the hostess and her husband. She is s good interviewer.

He's right about modern films. They're crap. I was very lucky to have been born two years prior to Richard Dreyfuss. And to have had the privilege of watch some of the greatest films ever made before Hollywood gave into woke mob.

Hes right they need to throw those annoying people and category rules out of Hollywood I can't stand them they are ruing entertainment. The arts are meant to be free and not let bad people ruin them because some people are pathetic and can't do anything because its not all about diversity or feelings people need to suck it up and some things are just better left certain ways

Saw him in his first major role in "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz"... when it came out. Knew he was going to be a great actor after that. Have enjoyed all his movies.

So how many Europeans, Asians and Hispanics win at the BET Awards?