When you read a crotchety old man take from your favorite legendary anime creators, please remember they often ham stuff up for fun in interviews. Tomino is making this face every time he says something provocative. He knows what he's doing! 
https://twitter.com/htGOIW/status/1456285670008246273
In that interview he says something to the effect of "If fans really empathized with Gundam they wouldn't enter the anime industry!" That's FUNNY. Ya know?
I don't think he really truly thinks that fans/otaku should NEVER enter the industry. He's just hamming it up for dramatic emphasis to make the point that he wishes people in anime would bring more outside experiences and influences to anime.
Like in this interview here, Tomino doesn't actually hate Evangelion. He's friends with Anno (and I'm sure much more of the staff). I think his feelings of healthy competition are very real though. And he's verbalizing them in a funny and memorable way.
https://twitter.com/uemuranoel/status/1381955359800131602?s=20
Something gets lost in translation into English. I don't know, maybe it's the persistent "othering" stereotype of the super serious, humorless old Asian master? Tomino has been saying funny provocative stuff for decades. He's clearly having fun!
https://twitter.com/alex_swak/status/1419309570225213444?s=20
To be clear, I think he does believe what he's saying in the moment. Like, he's incredibly competitive. I don't think it's only for show. But I think there's an element of fun to these interviews that doesn't always translate into English.
I think the tone and intention of what he's saying weirdly mutates when it's spread around Anglophone fandom. That's why you frequently see quotes taken out of context and people going "SEE? He HATES anime!"
Here's a really good thread on Tomino, mostly consisting of a summary of a book about his time creating Turn A Gundam. It will give you a much more nuanced impression of Tomino than probably most stuff you've read about Tomino in English!
https://twitter.com/feezy_feez/status/1353144698915852290?s=20
For instance, did you know that during the production of Turn A Gundam Tomino actively fought to portray homosexual relationships on the show as just a normal part of the human experience? This was the 90s. He had staff quit over this!
https://twitter.com/feezy_feez/status/1363292915124948992?s=20
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