Cuaron, Dafoe, Spike Lee react to their Oscar nominations

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reaction from selected nominees for the 91st annual Academy Awards, announced Tuesday in Beverly Hills, California:

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— "Cinema needs the opportunity to be diverse. What mainstream cinema and the theatrical experience has lacked in general is diversity. And I'm talking about diversity in terms of stories and characters and ways of doing films." — Alfonso Cuaron, nominated for best director for "Roma," one of ten nominations for the film. Via phone interview.

— "Thirty years is a long time, ain't it?" — Spike Lee, on his first Oscar nomination as director in a three-decade career, for "BlacKkKlansman." Via phone interview.

— "It feels great. I'm still freezing my butt off.