My aunt worked at Paramount studios when I was a teenager and I went to work with her one day. I was with her in her office eating lunch and in walks Richard Dreyfuss. He said hello to my aunt and we shook hands and introduced ourselves. He was writing a script so he read some lines. It was hilarious stuff. It was a highlight of my teenage years but I always regretted being starstruck and not asking more questions.
@@angrytater2456I met Frank Zappa and was not shy at all. I asked him to play a concert in Binghamton in 1988 after many years of bypassing it. He ended up adding it to the tour! March 17,1988.
People vote against their own self interest and that of their neighbours because of their hatred or fear of the other. Manipulators, who seek to control, spread that fear.
@@jessewoody5772 The OP's point went right over your head. The neighbour is not the "other" he was referring to; the "other" is some group of people that is not part of your immediate community, and whom certain politicians believe they can utilize to their advantage by falsely vilifying them in order to sow paranoia in their base. Re. your question, if your neighbour is a total asshole then that's a personal problem that you deal with on an individual level. But that has nothing to do with civics and our lost understanding of what it takes to make a society function and why its functioning is critical to the survival and wellbeing of every one of us.
@@davidjorgensen877 I think your head is the one the point went over. What you descibe Can and often does live right next door to somebody. Ot every member of a society agrees with the majority yet they are still someones neighbor.
@@jessewoody5772 I suggest you go back and read the OP's comment, think it through, then formulate a discussion point that relates directly thereto. You've veered off on a different tangent and don't seem to realize it.
Civics must be taught in all schools and Critical reflection on how to solve the massive problems America faces I love Richard, he has given us so much. A fine fine actor and a brave man
@stephaniewilliams168 Amen. People don't understand the basics. One cuts taxes, cut interest rates and increases govt spending during a recession only. One raises taxes, raises interest rates and decreases govt spending during an economic boom. Yet today's rightwingers want to set permanent tax rates and cut taxes during an economic boom and cut govt spending during recessions. Then wonder why we have 30 Trillion in debt.
The extreme right is mostly a contrived bogeyman used to manipulate the weak minded masses. The extreme left however is so real it has taken over the nation and is doing an amazing job at destroying it.
@@geezerguy6410 He never said saviour, and sure, that's the only way to care about your country, being in the military. Some people have to think, and work and speak, others become soldiers. If you want an all soldiers country you can always go to north korea, it works great for them.
Well we have a society now that gets more triggered by pictures on lousy beer cans than they do children being slaughterd in school rooms. I would say we have lost our way some time ago.
@@1pcfred WHAT, at least children can recover from being abused, they can't if there slaughtered, what a terrible thing to say, in an ideal world they wouldn't be abused or slaughtered but this world is anything but ideal.
I agree. I’m 44, and even in my own generation when I was growing up, I don’t feel that I learned remotely enough about civics, as well as many other things, like about other cultures, health and things like nutrition, exercise, or honest facts about reproduction. Thankfully I had good parents, I’ve largely been self-aware of my own ignorance about some of these things, and have tried in my adult life to educate myself, live an active healthy life, etc. But a society is only as good as its people. And education is the foundation of a great society and people. I don’t mean to point blame completely at the education system in the U.S. There are lots of VERY dedicated and hardworking educators in our country who don’t get nearly their due or the pay they deserve. But we need to do better. I think that we used to too. At many of our public schools, teachers and schools used to be more like professors and colleges. Students used to learn a wider array of things to live a balanced life. Not as much today I don’t think. But kids are also only in school for part of the day. It’s parents’ responsibility to also teach their kids beyond school. That also includes being respectful, and having good habits and manners. I’m pretty amazed at the ways that some kids today act. I saw a group of kids who were maybe 7-8 years old climbing on an outdoor sculpture, that was surrounded by no fewer than four signs saying not to climb on it. I found one of their mothers nearby, asked if any of those were her kids, and when she said yes I pointed out the signs. She just shrugged at me and let them continue what they were doing. I didn’t know what to even say. I wasn’t about to grab someone else’s child by the arm and stop them. But parenting is something people need to be better with too. It’s a big responsibility and you have to be willing to take on the burden of being a teacher for them too.
I think the latter is also a problem. I truly believe in general sense that it takes a village to raise a person. An issue in our society is that we've focused blindly on the concept of core family that we've neglected community and for a while it worked, the cultural ferment of pre-consumerist society hung on into the 80s and then dissipated as internet slowly creeped into our society and made our lives even more isolated and disconnected. It is good to note that the transformative aspects of modern society are unprecented and I wouldn't even expect a more intelligent spieces to handle them better. We're on uncharted waters. God, I hope we dont perish by it.
Big fan of Richard’s. He is always genuine in everything he commits to, including all the roles he played, and now his love for and concern for our country. Thank you, Richard. ❤
Richard Dreyfuss has not quit acting. I have a couple of his recent films; including Cuba Gooding Jr. directorial debut, BAYOU CAVIAR (2018) in which he plays a Russian gangster with Alligators in his backyard that he feeds his enemies to; and CRIME STORY (2021) in which he does a Liam Neeson-type revenge role as a terminally man. He also just recently did crime thriller, EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM (2021), the western MURDER AT YELLOWSTONE CITY (2022), plus he's got 5 movies to come that are in post-production and/or completed, with another in pre-production.
Richard, you are so right! Civics is not taught OR American History. Students today do not know about our country's founding, the Founding Fathers (they are not tyrants like people are led to believe) the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, or the Federalist Papers. Thank you for speaking out and thank you for this book!
I agree. Trouble is, a lot of parents have already grown up in an environment that didn't value looking out for each other, manners, contributing to society and a healthy respect for the law. Their kids had no role model and modelled themselves on their parent(s) and the cycle continues down the generations. Break the cycle but how? Unfortunately it may be too late and is not specific to one country. I've never been religious, but I do know good from bad and bad is winning.
Or parents can sit down and teach their kids themselves. We cannot put our false hope in the schools. Our childrens upbringing is our responsibility not the schools!
I never dreamt of Dreyfuss taking this stand. Going against the wind in Hollywood and woke culture in general takes a lot of guts. Good luck, Mr. Dreyfuss.
A sincere, truthful description of what we now see all around us - people who have grown up in the United States, but somehow are utterly ignorant of the principles the country was founded upon, for example as expressed by the Declaration if Independence. This is certainly the fault of the schools and the parents, who should be utterly condemned for the failure.
Thank you so much for the gifts you have given us in the past, but especially for your accurate assessment of the grave danger our beloved democracy is currently in and as your senior by a few, I have rep the same call for increased funding for public education especially American History and CIVICS, and an Federal Ban onBook banning.
I was thinking today, that by the end of first grade, at 6 years old, I understood what government was, the importance of it and how it helped us all to live together, who and what the President was and the fact that an election would be held to vote for our next President. I suspect there was extra emphasis put on all of this as JFK was assassinated in November, 3 months after I started first grade. I wonder how many first graders know this now. When do they have time to learn important information like this?
20 years ago I was flying into London UK, and picked up a news paper that had a one page article that discussed how and why the US will break up by 2045. Ofcourse, I thought it was a bit of a stretch but started me thinking. What if it is , already on the way, and we just don't know it. What would a world look like without the US as we know it.
Part of the problem with the US is this idiotic mantra which is its the best country on the planet. No such blind patriotism betters any country, geography is not a competition. Patriotism is blind and idiotic. All countries rights are of equal importance.
The United States of America is the best and freest country in the world. The liberals are trying hard to make that fact into fiction. I would say that is what he is talking about
Remember kids, Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Nothing wrong with loving one's country but nothing wrong with admitted faults of one's country either.
He's right. Nothing is free in this life. Our relatives have sacrificed their lives so we can say our minds and hearts. Pray how we want. Look the way we want. Marry who we want. How can we screw it up do bad ? I think we need to get back to the basics without abandoning anyone along the way.
I love this man his passion is so obvious!tremendous actor but more importantly he's highly intellectual and thats what being human is about...hes also very right about this country and where we're heading into tyranny one sided dumbed down garbage
Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪, I come from a Country that had 0.5% foreign born in 1996 to 20% foreign born by 2022 and with 17% of those born in Ireland living abroad. Our population is being replaced and Mr Dreyfuss is correct about civics, if those born here don't feel any obligation towards defending and protecting their society ,how do you expect those coming in to. Start by protecting the family instead of eroding it 🙏🇮🇪
Unfortunately, most of us cannot give up our jobs/careers because we’re paid so little….and will have to pretty much die for our employers….not our country.
For anyone who knows what the forefathers suffered, who's stood in the places they stood and heard the echo of their words, their ideals, it's a travesty what's become of the United States. I'd also mention that referring to oneself in the third person would indicate a psychological slipper slope.
Frank Zappa said much the same thing in 1991 to SPIN magazine. "One of the things that was taken out of the curriculum was civics. Civics was a class that used to be required before you could graduate from high school. You were taught what was in the U.S. Constitution. And after all the student rebellions in the '60s, civics was banished from the student curriculum and was replaced by something called social studies. Here we live in a country that has a fabulous constitution and all these guarantees, a contract between the citizens and the government - nobody knows what's in it. It's one of the best kept secrets. And so, if you don't know what your rights are, how can you stand up for them? And furthermore, if you don't know what is in that document, how can you care if someone is shredding it?"
As a nation we have many things in places that we identify with and resources that have kept our nation secure but we have a problem trying differentiate between defending civil rights and our national security. My believe is clear, I’m against anything and anyone that do anything that put at risk our national security, whether it’s to questioning the process of our constitutional procedures or to agitate or act in ways where the people life are in dangers. We must put our national security above personal interest and agenda.
🌹Mr. Dreyfuss is too good for the🎭hipocrites in🏰Hollywood. Caring more for the future is a much better option than hoping and praying to win a (vanity)🏆Oscar Award. Mr. Dreyfuss represents Humanity at it's best. I am so grateful for both President Joe Biden and Mr. Dreyfuss, both are in the right place at the right time in history. 🤍Thanks for sharing.
This is the type of individual, along with many others, who want only the best for their country and it's people. It's his/their thinking and desire, that Americans today should be listening to, and making efforts to put the country back on track as a great country and a super power, if not, the consequences for the country and the world, will be dire.
What is the book? I missed it if he discussed the title, unless he means “civics” generally. Although I am almost 70 and do not recall seeing a civics book. Of course I was educated, if I was in fact educated, in California.
Fun fact: Dreyfuss was one of the most notoriously problematic actors to work with in all of Hollywood throughout the 70s and 80s…that likely added to his “quitting.”
Been a Dreyfuss fan since day one.
Now I can have a sincere respect for him.
Long life and health to you and yours, Richard!!!
My aunt worked at Paramount studios when I was a teenager and I went to work with her one day. I was with her in her office eating lunch and in walks Richard Dreyfuss. He said hello to my aunt and we shook hands and introduced ourselves. He was writing a script so he read some lines. It was hilarious stuff. It was a highlight of my teenage years but I always regretted being starstruck and not asking more questions.
He also said he's mad he can't wear blackface. You sure you still respect this self-centered little mustacheturd?
@@angrytater2456I met Frank Zappa and was not shy at all. I asked him to play a concert in Binghamton in 1988 after many years of bypassing it. He ended up adding it to the tour! March 17,1988.
People vote against their own self interest and that of their neighbours because of their hatred or fear of the other. Manipulators, who seek to control, spread that fear.
What if your neighbor is a total asshole and doesnt care what you or anybody else thinks?
@@jessewoody5772 So, you should vote against your own self interest because your neighbour is an asshole?
@@jessewoody5772 The OP's point went right over your head. The neighbour is not the "other" he was referring to; the "other" is some group of people that is not part of your immediate community, and whom certain politicians believe they can utilize to their advantage by falsely vilifying them in order to sow paranoia in their base. Re. your question, if your neighbour is a total asshole then that's a personal problem that you deal with on an individual level. But that has nothing to do with civics and our lost understanding of what it takes to make a society function and why its functioning is critical to the survival and wellbeing of every one of us.
@@davidjorgensen877 I think your head is the one the point went over. What you descibe Can and often does live right next door to somebody. Ot every member of a society agrees with the majority yet they are still someones neighbor.
@@jessewoody5772 I suggest you go back and read the OP's comment, think it through, then formulate a discussion point that relates directly thereto. You've veered off on a different tangent and don't seem to realize it.
Civics must be taught in all schools and Critical reflection on how to solve the massive problems America faces
I love Richard, he has given us so much. A fine fine actor and a brave man
Economics should be taught in class. The problems america faces is who controls its debt.
@@stephaniewilliams168 The American People
control the Debt. OK
@stephaniewilliams168 Amen. People don't understand the basics. One cuts taxes, cut interest rates and increases govt spending during a recession only. One raises taxes, raises interest rates and decreases govt spending during an economic boom. Yet today's rightwingers want to set permanent tax rates and cut taxes during an economic boom and cut govt spending during recessions. Then wonder why we have 30 Trillion in debt.
There’s a reason they’re not being taught.
@@sunshine3914 and what reason is that pray tell
Mr Dreyfuss is absolutely right. Democracy requires work from all of us. Freedom is fragile, as we are finding out from the extreme right and left.
Agree. Teach Civics and protect our republic!
Not a democracy, a REPUBLIC.
@@TruthSayer2007 Thank you, truthsayer, I just said that.
Glad we agree.
The extreme right is mostly a contrived bogeyman used to manipulate the weak minded masses. The extreme left however is so real it has taken over the nation and is doing an amazing job at destroying it.
No just the right. This is not a both sides thing. The right is trying to destroy our country the left is trying to save it.
You can feel this man’s soul through his acting 🎭 and now we truly know that he’s a good man 🙏
Yes he is. He is better than Hollywood deserves.
A wise man. I also miss Roy Scheider, RIP.
and dont forget old robert shaw, he was a legend as well!
Wow, this guy has certainly earned my respect!
I love that man. One of the last true patriots.
Richard Dreyfuss is a great American.
And what branch of the military was this savior of America in?
@@geezerguy6410 the only thing the military has done is to preserve the interests of the pedophiles and satanists oligarchs
@@geezerguy6410 He never said saviour, and sure, that's the only way to care about your country, being in the military. Some people have to think, and work and speak, others become soldiers. If you want an all soldiers country you can always go to north korea, it works great for them.
@@geezerguy6410 were you not listening to the Dudes story? Walter-🎳😎
@@geezerguy6410 Why try to start an argument for literally no reason.😂
Well we have a society now that gets more triggered by pictures on lousy beer cans than they do children being slaughterd in school rooms. I would say we have lost our way some time ago.
Mate that’s the most common sense statement I’ve heard for a long time.
I'd rather children be slaughtered than abused. At least slaughtered they'd die with their innocence intact.
It's all related.
Usually the same group that wants to shoot your children are the same that want to shoot your children in the ass
@@1pcfred WHAT, at least children can recover from being abused, they can't if there slaughtered, what a terrible thing to say, in an ideal world they wouldn't be abused or slaughtered but this world is anything but ideal.
@@Theloon710 I don't know if they can all recover. That's how the cycle of abuse goes. Everyone does die though. That I can guarantee.
He's a great man beyond his profession.
I agree. I’m 44, and even in my own generation when I was growing up, I don’t feel that I learned remotely enough about civics, as well as many other things, like about other cultures, health and things like nutrition, exercise, or honest facts about reproduction. Thankfully I had good parents, I’ve largely been self-aware of my own ignorance about some of these things, and have tried in my adult life to educate myself, live an active healthy life, etc. But a society is only as good as its people. And education is the foundation of a great society and people. I don’t mean to point blame completely at the education system in the U.S. There are lots of VERY dedicated and hardworking educators in our country who don’t get nearly their due or the pay they deserve. But we need to do better. I think that we used to too. At many of our public schools, teachers and schools used to be more like professors and colleges. Students used to learn a wider array of things to live a balanced life. Not as much today I don’t think. But kids are also only in school for part of the day. It’s parents’ responsibility to also teach their kids beyond school. That also includes being respectful, and having good habits and manners. I’m pretty amazed at the ways that some kids today act. I saw a group of kids who were maybe 7-8 years old climbing on an outdoor sculpture, that was surrounded by no fewer than four signs saying not to climb on it. I found one of their mothers nearby, asked if any of those were her kids, and when she said yes I pointed out the signs. She just shrugged at me and let them continue what they were doing. I didn’t know what to even say. I wasn’t about to grab someone else’s child by the arm and stop them. But parenting is something people need to be better with too. It’s a big responsibility and you have to be willing to take on the burden of being a teacher for them too.
I think the latter is also a problem. I truly believe in general sense that it takes a village to raise a person. An issue in our society is that we've focused blindly on the concept of core family that we've neglected community and for a while it worked, the cultural ferment of pre-consumerist society hung on into the 80s and then dissipated as internet slowly creeped into our society and made our lives even more isolated and disconnected. It is good to note that the transformative aspects of modern society are unprecented and I wouldn't even expect a more intelligent spieces to handle them better. We're on uncharted waters. God, I hope we dont perish by it.
...a decaying society in free fall.
Civics, Basic Economics, and Shop class that gives the young something to build on is whats sorely needed . Our future depends on it....
💯💯💯💯
I also enjoyed drafting class.
Granddaughter loved her consumer economics class and uses her knowledge when we talk around the table
There is nothing to build on. Money rules
@@felixlopez1304 money is not knowledge.
And you certainly can't make money without knowledge.
Big fan of Richard’s. He is always genuine in everything he commits to, including all the roles he played, and now his love for and concern for our country. Thank you, Richard. ❤
Richard Dreyfuss has not quit acting. I have a couple of his recent films; including Cuba Gooding Jr. directorial debut, BAYOU CAVIAR (2018) in which he plays a Russian gangster with Alligators in his backyard that he feeds his enemies to; and CRIME STORY (2021) in which he does a Liam Neeson-type revenge role as a terminally man. He also just recently did crime thriller, EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM (2021), the western MURDER AT YELLOWSTONE CITY (2022), plus he's got 5 movies to come that are in post-production and/or completed, with another in pre-production.
One of our very best actors ever! I salute your humanitarian efforts even more ✨
A man of high integrity. I admire him and his new trajectory.
Richard, you are so right! Civics is not taught OR American History. Students today do not know about our country's founding, the Founding Fathers (they are not tyrants like people are led to believe) the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, or the Federalist Papers. Thank you for speaking out and thank you for this book!
Not tyrants? They literally owned people.
Kids, and adults, don’t know about slavery either, and how the US is built on slavery and racism. Such a shame.
We are fading fast. Thanks for trying Richard.
We MUST know our past, the dreams, struggles, and accomplishments.
How quickly we HAVE abandoned it, without a second thought.
A huge number of the people in the world that truly appreciate America are outside America . God bless the USA from Australia
Great actor. Kind words. He has more heart for this country than most of our GOP congress.
It sounds like he loves his country. That's more than all the democrats put together.
@@hull5768 How do Republicans love? By grabbing crotch and banning books?
He says he doesn't vote straight ticket. But I do know he hates woke hollywood that's for sure😂😂😂
I think you missed his point
You are 100% correct! Except the GOP side is what he’s referring to.
Love You Richard! I met you many years ago. You are a class act! You were such a Sweetheart that night! God Bless You and your Beautiful soul!
Great job Richard. Always loved your movies and I love your morality
Parents have some power. Concerned parents need to lobby for the return of Civics and Government classes in their children’s schools. 💪
I agree. Trouble is, a lot of parents have already grown up in an environment that didn't value looking out for each other, manners, contributing to society and a healthy respect for the law. Their kids had no role model and modelled themselves on their parent(s) and the cycle continues down the generations. Break the cycle but how? Unfortunately it may be too late and is not specific to one country. I've never been religious, but I do know good from bad and bad is winning.
Or parents can sit down and teach their kids themselves. We cannot put our false hope in the schools. Our childrens upbringing is our responsibility not the schools!
GOD Bless you Sir!
I never dreamt of Dreyfuss taking this stand. Going against the wind in Hollywood and woke culture in general takes a lot of guts. Good luck, Mr. Dreyfuss.
Where did he go against "woke culture?"
“Woke” is far from the problem: we literally had a president who staged a direct physical attack on democracy on January 6th.
@@davidszakacs6888 research about him and you'll see, as easy as looking up other clips in UA-cam
Woke just means not oppressing people. You got a problem with that?
you`re the perfect example of what he is talking about.
He's right and good for him.
A sincere, truthful description of what we now see all around us - people who have grown up in the United States, but somehow are utterly ignorant of the principles the country was founded upon, for example as expressed by the Declaration if Independence. This is certainly the fault of the schools and the parents, who should be utterly condemned for the failure.
Been saying that every child needs a civics class by middle school .
America will be 250 years old in 2026. Something in my heart tells me we might not make it.
A great actor; evidently a very thoughtful man as well.
2 + Decades of entitlement, greed, and forgetting your history. The chickens have come home to roost in America. Demons have breached the walls.
I think, with all my heart, that people like Dreyfuss are touched with divine fire.
So very well said Richard 🙏❤️🇺🇲
Thank you Richard. We come from the same part of the UNITED STATES!
He’s more right then he knows. Live in the Philippines for a year and you will realize how special American is.
Thank you so much for the gifts you have given us in the past, but especially for your accurate assessment of the grave danger our beloved democracy is currently in and as your senior by a few, I have rep the same call for increased funding for public education especially American History and CIVICS, and an Federal Ban onBook banning.
He can thank his group for doing it. The Hart Celler Act of 1965 was one of the major reasons for it.
Richard for President
You’re a class act Mr. dreyfuss❣️🕊
I was thinking today, that by the end of first grade, at 6 years old, I understood what government was, the importance of it and how it helped us all to live together, who and what the President was and the fact that an election would be held to vote for our next President. I suspect there was extra emphasis put on all of this as JFK was assassinated in November, 3 months after I started first grade. I wonder how many first graders know this now. When do they have time to learn important information like this?
20 years ago I was flying into London UK, and picked up a news paper that had a one page article that discussed how and why the US will break up by 2045. Ofcourse, I thought it was a bit of a stretch but started me thinking. What if it is , already on the way, and we just don't know it. What would a world look like without the US as we know it.
100% right. How sad that we are at a place where this is even to be discussed.
We used to be able to have civil discussions, and help one another to see another point of view. Those days are over
How about empathy, kindness & compassion. Re learning those things will help immensely
Part of the problem with the US is this idiotic mantra which is its the best country on the planet. No such blind patriotism betters any country, geography is not a competition. Patriotism is blind and idiotic. All countries rights are of equal importance.
The United States of America is the best and freest country in the world. The liberals are trying hard to make that fact into fiction. I would say that is what he is talking about
Yes it is tremendously stupid. And a thousand years from now, we still won't have outgrown it. 😣
Remember kids, Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
Nothing wrong with loving one's country but nothing wrong with admitted faults of one's country either.
@@douglashaner6802 🎯
@@douglashaner6802 if we get rid of liberals this country won't have any faults.
Truly one of the greats.
Spot-On Richard 👏🏻
This is what a Patriot looks like !!!
Wow! Couldn't agree more!
Please don’t give up acting though. When we watch you it’s like we a looking though a window and not a movie screen.
Brilliant actor, charming man and brave!
He is better than a great actor. He is a great man. We should follow his lead and try and save this extraordinary country.
He realized there is more to life than fame and fortune. Good for him.
Actors need to stay in their lane. Just because you are a celebrity doesn't mean you're somehow qualified to fix the world.
Robert, he is trying to raise awareness of our failing system of government and the lack of participation from citizens, he is not 'fixing' anything.
But Reagan was so popular…
I love this guy even more now.
Richard Dreyfuss is a Great Actor, Versatile, Funny or Dramatic,. I Wish Him Well
He's right. Nothing is free in this life. Our relatives have sacrificed their lives so we can say our minds and hearts. Pray how we want. Look the way we want. Marry who we want. How can we screw it up do bad ? I think we need to get back to the basics without abandoning anyone along the way.
👍 Legendary in my mind as an Actor and Athority on Film and the power of storytelling. Consumate Professional Actor. ❤
I love this man his passion is so obvious!tremendous actor but more importantly he's highly intellectual and thats what being human is about...hes also very right about this country and where we're heading into tyranny one sided dumbed down garbage
The thing with Richard is that he is too intelligent compared to the average actor. That nakes him realize things, also makes him suffer
Shop class us more important than anything now taught in schools!
Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪, I come from a Country that had 0.5% foreign born in 1996 to 20% foreign born by 2022 and with 17% of those born in Ireland living abroad. Our population is being replaced and Mr Dreyfuss is correct about civics, if those born here don't feel any obligation towards defending and protecting their society ,how do you expect those coming in to. Start by protecting the family instead of eroding it 🙏🇮🇪
Spoken well sir👍
Respect to Mr. Dreyfuss
Richard Dreyfus understood that America could only be saved if he stopped starring in movies. The man completed the mission ✊
True True True🙏
Everyone can relax now,Richard Dreyfuss is going to save our country. Thank god for actors.
You are right about civics. Especially in schools!!!!! The people and kids are being dummies down
Outstanding!
He is an amazing man.
Thank you ❤
We have met the enemy and they are us.
He quit acting? I honestly didn't notice. Nor have I read any of his books. I guess I'm blessed too.
Oh, men! I speak on this all the time he is1,000% correct 🙏
God bless you Sir
So true. 💯
Anyone know what book he's referring to there?
Richard Dreyfuss for president!!!!!
Bravo, Richard!
Amen Richard. Amen.
What book is he referring to please?
Unfortunately, most of us cannot give up our jobs/careers because we’re paid so little….and will have to pretty much die for our employers….not our country.
For anyone who knows what the forefathers suffered, who's stood in the places they stood and heard the echo of their words, their ideals, it's a travesty what's become of the United States. I'd also mention that referring to oneself in the third person would indicate a psychological slipper slope.
I agree…democracy and this country is precious…stop the conspiracy theories and the mass shootings…but I am still at a loss as to why he quit acting
Mass shootings are a conspiracy theory.
I agree with you, Richard...but I sure do miss you! You might enjoy "Dominion" by British classical historian Tom Holland.
Frank Zappa said much the same thing in 1991 to SPIN magazine.
"One of the things that was taken out of the curriculum was civics. Civics was a class that used to be required before you could graduate from high school. You were taught what was in the U.S. Constitution. And after all the student rebellions in the '60s, civics was banished from the student curriculum and was replaced by something called social studies. Here we live in a country that has a fabulous constitution and all these guarantees, a contract between the citizens and the government - nobody knows what's in it. It's one of the best kept secrets. And so, if you don't know what your rights are, how can you stand up for them? And furthermore, if you don't know what is in that document, how can you care if someone is shredding it?"
As a nation we have many things in places that we identify with and resources that have kept our nation secure but we have a problem trying differentiate between defending civil rights and our national security. My believe is clear, I’m against anything and anyone that do anything that put at risk our national security, whether it’s to questioning the process of our constitutional procedures or to agitate or act in ways where the people life are in dangers. We must put our national security above personal interest and agenda.
🌹Mr. Dreyfuss is too good for the🎭hipocrites in🏰Hollywood.
Caring more for the future is a much better option than hoping and praying to win a (vanity)🏆Oscar Award.
Mr. Dreyfuss represents Humanity at it's best.
I am so grateful for both President Joe Biden and Mr. Dreyfuss, both are in the right place at the right time in history.
🤍Thanks for sharing.
He is absolutely right .
This is the type of individual, along with many others, who want only the best for their country and it's people. It's his/their thinking and desire, that Americans today should be listening to, and making efforts to put the country back on track as a great country and a super power, if not, the consequences for the country and the world, will be dire.
Did I miss what book he was referring to?
What is the book? I missed it if he discussed the title, unless he means “civics” generally. Although I am almost 70 and do not recall seeing a civics book. Of course I was educated, if I was in fact educated, in California.
Dreyfus is a cool guy
That is intense man.
Fun fact: Dreyfuss was one of the most notoriously problematic actors to work with in all of Hollywood throughout the 70s and 80s…that likely added to his “quitting.”
Not so Fun fact: Dreyfuss has struggled with bipolar disorder and depression for most of his life . Also issues with self medicating
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Which book is he referring to?
you are right richard and we may have less time then that. Lets try and stop what people are doing to the entire western lifestyle