Most profoundly deaf people have speech... by Richard Masur | We Heart Quotes

Actor People Politician director Voice actor

Most profoundly deaf people have speech that is very difficult to understand.

- Richard Masur

Other quotes by Richard Masur

Community

I actually then went on to direct an after-school special where one of the characters was deaf. They hired me without even knowing I had any connection to the community.

- Richard Masur

Performance Will

No one will ever argue that someone could have played Helen Keller better than Patty Duke. It was an incredibly demanding role and I don't think anyone can argue that it was a false performance.

- Richard Masur

First Time Being

For example, the first time McDonald's put a deaf person in a commercial they saw a jump in sales. I think that happens with other kinds of disabilities and products and that is something that is being realized more and more.

- Richard Masur

Character Being Actor

Being an actor myself I realize that all actors believe they are qualified to play any role. If you showed me a script with a black woman character I would tell you that I could do it. That is what we do. We act as if we are someone else.

- Richard Masur

Talking Life People

But people who think they can project themselves into deafness are mistaken because you can't. And I'm not talking about imagining what a deaf person's whole life is like I even mean just realizing what it is like for an instant.

- Richard Masur

People

You have to give people the opportunity to prove themselves.

- Richard Masur

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