How Hollywood legend Richard Dreyfuss condemned inclusivity standards as 'vomit-inducing'

Richard Dreyfuss, the legendary actor known for his roles in "Jaws" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," strongly criticized Hollywood's new inclusivity standards in a recent interview, saying they make him "vomit."

These new diversity and inclusion guidelines will be implemented at the Academy Awards next year and require any film in the running for "Best Picture" to adhere to them.

Dreyfuss defended his rejection of the concept, stating that art should not be dictated by the latest idea of morality and that such guidelines stifle creativity and risk.

When asked about his thoughts on the standards, Dreyfuss didn't hold back and stated that they make him "vomit."

He argued that as an art form, no one should be telling him as an artist what morality is and that the guidelines stifle creativity and risk, questioning if it's really worth legislating to avoid hurting people’s feelings.

"Because this is an art form, 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 said during the interview.

"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," the actor said while continuing to claim that the new guidelines stifle and risk creativity.

He went on to argue against the idea of giving special treatment to any minority or majority group in society, stating that "art is art" and should not be restricted by current ideas of morality.

Dreyfuss also defended Lawrence Olivier's controversial "Blackface" performance of "Othello" in 1965, questioning if actors will never have the chance to portray characters outside of their own race or religion. He further condemned the new inclusion guidelines, calling them patronizing and thoughtless.