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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
Act
Actor
Actor
Any
Being
Believe
Black
Character
Could
Else
Me
Myself
Play
Qualified
Realize
Role
Script
Someone
Tell
Woman
Would
You
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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
About
Because
Deaf
Deafness
Even
Imagining
Instant
Just
Life
Like
Mean
Mistaken
Not Talking
People
Person
Project
Realizing
Talking
Themselves
Think
Who
Whole
You
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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
Being
Commercial
Deaf
Disabilities
Example
First
First Time
For Example
Happens
I Think
Jump
Kinds
McDonald
More
More And More
Other
Person
Products
Put
Realized
Sales
Saw
Something
Think
Time
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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
Actually
After-School
Any
Characters
Community
Connection
Deaf
Direct
Even
Had
Hired
Knowing
Me
Special
Then
Where
Without
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I know deaf people. I have discussed the issues with them I've also thought about them a lot so I have some insights that go a little further than people who haven't had contact with the deaf community.
~ Richard Masur
About
Also
Community
Contact
Deaf
Deaf People
Discussed
Further
Go
Had
Insights
Issues
Know
Little
Lot
People
Some
Than
Them
Thought
Who
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Most profoundly deaf people have speech that is very difficult to understand.
~ Richard Masur
Deaf
Deaf People
Difficult
Most
People
Profoundly
Speech
Understand
Very
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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
Anyone
Argue
Better
Could
Demanding
Duke
Ever
False
Incredibly
No-One
Performance
Played
Role
Someone
Than
Think
Will
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Spelling is very easy to practice yourself whereas signing is not. So I would sit on the subway riding around New York and I would spell whatever I would see. When I watched a movie I would spell words as they came up.
~ Richard Masur
Around
Came
Easy
Movie
New
New York
Practice
Riding
See
Signing
Sit
Spell
Spelling
Subway
Up
Very
Watched
Whatever
Whereas
Words
Would
York
Yourself
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The deaf community is in a favorable position because they have a national theatre and training groups of their own to get them started. Deaf actors have often acquired very valuable skills and experience before they get their break.
~ Richard Masur
Acquired
Actor
Because
Before
Break
Community
Deaf
Experience
Favorable
Get
Groups
National
National Theatre
Often
Own
Position
Skills
Started
Theatre
Them
Training
Valuable
Very
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There is no relation to sound for deaf people. It is a totally different mental process.
~ Richard Masur
Deaf
Deaf People
Different
Mental
People
Process
Relation
Sound
Totally
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You have to give access to people with disabilities but there is no requirement to hire them. What I mean by affirmative obligation is that producers must take the necessary steps to include opportunities for people with disabilities and a vast majority of them do.
~ Richard Masur
Access
Affirmative
Disabilities
Give
Hire
Include
Majority
Mean
Must
Necessary
Obligation
Opportunities
People
Producers
Requirement
Steps
Take
Them
Vast
Vast Majority
You
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You have to give people the opportunity to prove themselves.
~ Richard Masur
Give
Opportunity
People
Prove
Themselves
You
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