Michael Caine is the latest star to weigh in on the diversity issues at the Academy Awards.
Yeah, but theres loads of black actors, Caine responded.
You cant vote for an actor because hes black.
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You cant just say, Im going to vote for him.
Hes not very good, but hes black.
Ill vote for him.
You have to give a good performance.
The one I I dont know whether Idris got [nominated], Caine said.
I saw Idris, and I thought he was wonderful.
I thought he would get [nominated].
Did he not get nominated?
Told by Robinson that Elba was not nominated, Caine replied, Well, look at me.
I won the [European Film Award] for best actor, and I got nominated for nothing else.
The 82-year-old actor had been in contention for his role inYouth.
Im too old to travel that far to sit in an audience and clap for someone else.
Asked by Robinson if his message to non-white actors is be patient, Caine said it was.
Be patient, he said.
Of course it will come.
For the second straight year, all 20 acting nominees up for Academy Awards are white.
