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Jerry Seinfeld says that movies have lost their relevance in culture and society.
The comic-actor, 69, speaking to GQ magazine Monday in promotion of his debut as a film director with Netflix film Unfrosted, mused on what he felt was a lost relevance in Hollywood amid a lessened impact with its current slate of silver screen offerings.
'Film doesn't occupy the pinnacle in the social, cultural hierarchy that it did for most of our lives,' the Brooklyn, New York native said. 'When a movie came out, if it was good, we all went to see it. We all discussed it. We quoted lines and scenes we liked.
'Now we're walking through a fire hose of water, just trying to see.'
The Emmy-winning star said he feels 'confusion' and 'disorientation' have 'replaced the movie business,' citing his personal interactions with entertainment industry people.
Jerry Seinfeld, 69, said he felt Hollywood has a lessened impact in society and culture with its current slate of silver screen offerings. Pictured last month on The Tonight Show
The comedy superstar said he feels 'film doesn't occupy the pinnacle in the social, cultural hierarchy that it did for most of our lives'
The Seinfeld star said: 'Everyone I know in show business, every day, is going, "What's going on? How do you do this? What are we supposed to do now?"'
Seinfeld stars as Bob Cabana in the biographical film about the creation of the Pop-Tart in the early 1960s.
He is joined in the period piece by a number of stars, including Amy Schumer, Christian Slater, Hugh Grant, Sarah Cooper, Peter Dinklage, Jim Gaffigan, Fred Armisen, Bill Burr and Melissa McCarthy, among others.
Seinfeld said of the filmmaking process: 'It was totally new to me. I thought I had done some cool stuff, but it was nothing like the way these people work. They're so dead serious!
'They don't have any idea that the movie business is over. They have no idea.'
Seinfeld said that he's 'done enough stuff' in his career that he has his 'own thing' separate from the movie business, 'which is more valuable than it's ever been.'
Seinfeld opened up on the contemporary status of comedy, where he got his start.
'Stand-up is like you're a cabinetmaker, and everybody needs a guy who's good with wood,' he said. 'There's trees everywhere, but to make a nice table, it's not so easy. So, the metaphor
