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 Copy Share Image
Most profoundly deaf people have speech that is very difficult to understand. — Richard Masur Copy Share Image
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… — Richard Masur Copy Share Image
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… — Richard Masur Copy Share Image
There is no relation to sound for deaf people. It is a totally different mental process. — Richard Masur Copy Share Image
After we did [All In The Family], that ended up being a real love fest all around. Me and Norman, Norman [Lear] and me,… — Richard Masur Copy Share Image
I did my first movie,a movie called Whiffs, which very few people ever saw. — Richard Masur Copy Share Image
I consider anybody who has been able to make a living in this business [movie business] without having to do something else for a… — Richard Masur Copy Share Image
People who just wanted to make it work and knew it was going to be a real challenge. We were on the beach the… — Richard Masur Copy Share Image
Very interesting show. It's "Hotel" with the E missing. Hot L Baltimore. It was about a rundown hotel which had become kind of a… — Richard Masur Copy Share Image
She [Susan Lucci] was extraordinary. She wouldn't look at the scene until you walked in to rehearse it. It was amazing to me. That's… — Richard Masur Copy Share Image
I was doing a play in New York, which we had done in New Haven, Connecticut. It was an American premiere of a play… — Richard Masur Copy Share Image
I did Bored To Death with Jason [Schwartzman] and Zach Galifianakis and those guys. I mean, how lucky can you be that you get… — Richard Masur Copy Share Image
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… — Richard Masur Copy Share Image
Maybe if I'd gone in younger, I wouldn't have had that feeling, but I've seen an enormous amount of changes since the early-'70s in… — Richard Masur Copy Share Image
![“After we did [All In The Family], that ended up being a real love fest all around. Me and Norman, Norman [Lear] and me, Rob Reiner, everybody liked everybody. So about six or seven months later I moved out to L.A. and I got a call that Norman wanted to see me. I came in and he said "ABC has given…” quote by Richard Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/992/richard-masur-16998_baltimore_after-we-did-all-in-the-family-that-ende_144257.jpg)
![“I consider anybody who has been able to make a living in this business [movie business] without having to do something else for a living for any period of time let alone 43 years would be a miracle.” quote by Richard Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a01/richard-masur-16998_able_i-consider-anybody-who-has-been-able-to_609952.jpg)
![“People who just wanted to make it work and knew it was going to be a real challenge. We were on the beach the first day and Donald [Sutherland] and I are playing best friends our whole lives. We met each other for 10 seconds the night before and we're sitting on a beach lining up a shot that we…” quote by Richard Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/50c/richard-masur-16998_ass_people-who-just-wanted-to-make-it-work-a_642560.jpg)
![“She [Susan Lucci] was extraordinary. She wouldn't look at the scene until you walked in to rehearse it. It was amazing to me. That's the impression I got anyway.” quote by Richard Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c44/richard-masur-16998_extraordinary_she-susan-lucci-was-extraordinary-she-wo_838240.jpg)
![“I did Bored To Death with Jason [Schwartzman] and Zach Galifianakis and those guys. I mean, how lucky can you be that you get to be the old guy? I get to be Robert Preston to them now. That's what I feel. My job is to pass on what Preston and other people gave to me, which was show up, take the…” quote by Richard Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bc3/richard-masur-16998_bored_i-did-bored-to-death-with-jason-schwartz_1001289.jpg)
