Richard Dreyfuss is one of the great acting talents of the second half of the 20th century. He’s turned in some of the most iconic roles in cinema history: Roy Neary in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Matt Hooper in Jaws, Gordie Lachance in Stand By Me, many others.
He’s earned his stripes. When he speaks about acting, we should listen. Case in point: The new Academy Award guidelines which mandate that films “must meet certain [diversity] criteria for representation to be eligible for the Academy Award for best picture.”
Here’s what Dreyfuss thinks of them:
