Public clashes across decades: Dreyfuss’s notorious run‑ins with co‑stars and a director

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Public clashes across decades: Dreyfuss’s notorious run‑ins with co‑stars and a director

Richard Dreyfuss (Jaws; What About Bob?; W.) / 1970s–2000s

Richard Dreyfuss’s résumé includes not only hit films but a pattern of high‑profile interpersonal conflicts. The Wikipedia record notes that across his career he engaged in public feuds with colleagues including Robert Shaw (his co‑star on Spielberg’s Jaws, 1975), Bill Murray (co‑star on the 1991 comedy What About Bob?), and director Oliver Stone (who directed Dreyfuss in the 2008 Bush era drama W.). While the entry stops short of recounting blow‑by‑blow confrontations, it frames a throughline: an actor who rose with the New Hollywood generation and alternately dazzled and provoked peers across decades. These disputes entered the public record and shaped impressions of Dreyfuss as a combustible presence on and off set, complicating collaborations and public relations around several landmark productions.