During his acceptance speech for the Chaplin Award on Monday night, Robert De Niro said the award's namesake would not be admitted to Donald Trump's U.S.:
“All of us in film – directors, actors, writers, crews, audiences – owe a debt to Charlie Chaplin, an immigrant who probably wouldn’t pass today’s extreme vetting. I hope we’re not keeping out the next Chaplin,” he said.
Read more here:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/09/robert-de-niro-charlie-chaplin-donald-trump-us-immigration
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“All of us in film – directors, actors, writers, crews, audiences – owe a debt to Charlie Chaplin, an immigrant who probably wouldn’t pass today’s extreme vetting. I hope we’re not keeping out the next Chaplin,” he said.
Read more here:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/09/robert-de-niro-charlie-chaplin-donald-trump-us-immigration
