Originally Posted by
James D
During the 5+ hours of pre race coverage they interview celebrities live from the track. One celebrity they interviewed was Richard Dreyfuss. The classic part of interview went like this (not exact words but 100% exact sentiment ).
interviewer: We are here with academy award winning actor and long time horse racing fan Richard Dreyfuss
RD: Hello nice to meet you, lovely day today for racing.
interviewer: As racing fans know Richard starred in one of the funniest movies ever written about the races.
RD: Yes let it ride certainly was a great experience. You know when people stop me on the street and tell me they appreciate my work I try to get an idea of the people by what movies they reference. You would be surprised but people stopping me to discuss Mr Hollands Opus are usually very similar to the people referencing What About Bob. But of all my movies let it ride is different, every time someone stops me in the street or in a restaurant and the first movie they reference is let it ride I know immediately I am speaking to a degenerate gambling horse bettor.
The interviewer had such a shocked look on her face and they quickly broke away from the interview. It was classic