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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-masur/but-people-who-think-they-can-project-themselves-into-deafness-are/)

[Richard Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-masur/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e70/richard-masur-16998_deaf_but-people-who-think-they-can-project-th_33857.jpg)

> [The difference between deafness and any other disability is that there is no way to put yourself in a position of knowing what it would be like because you can't stop yourself from hearing your own breath or your own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-masur/the-difference-between-deafness-and-any-other-disability-is-that/)

[Richard Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-masur/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f04/richard-masur-16998_blind_the-difference-between-deafness-and-any_1119932.png)

## Other authors on Deafness

## More by Richard Masur

> [Most profoundly deaf people have speech that is very difficult to understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-masur/most-profoundly-deaf-people-have-speech-that-is-very-difficult-to/)

[Richard Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-masur/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-masur/but-people-who-think-they-can-project-themselves-into-deafness-are/)

[Richard Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-masur/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-masur/i-know-deaf-people-i-have-discussed-the-issues-with-them-i-ve-also/)

[Richard Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-masur/)

> [There is no relation to sound for deaf people. It is a totally different mental process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-masur/there-is-no-relation-to-sound-for-deaf-people-it-is-a-totally/)

[Richard Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-masur/)

> [ After we did \[All In The Family\], that ended up being a real love fest all around. Me and Norman, Norman \[Lear\] and me,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-masur/after-we-did-all-in-the-family-that-ended-up-being-a-real-love-fest/)

[Richard Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-masur/)

> [I did my first movie,a movie called Whiffs, which very few people ever saw.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-masur/i-did-my-first-movie-a-movie-called-whiffs-which-very-few-people-ever/)

[Richard Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-masur/)

> [ I consider anybody who has been able to make a living in this business \[movie business\] without having to do something else for a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-masur/i-consider-anybody-who-has-been-able-to-make-a-living-in-this/)

[Richard Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-masur/)

> [People who just wanted to make it work and knew it was going to be a real challenge. We were on the beach the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-masur/people-who-just-wanted-to-make-it-work-and-knew-it-was-going-to-be-a/)

[Richard Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-masur/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-masur/very-interesting-show-it-s-hotel-with-the-e-missing-hot-l-baltimore/)

[Richard Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-masur/)

> [I'm one of the handful of survivors of the guys I came up with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-masur/i-m-one-of-the-handful-of-survivors-of-the-guys-i-came-up-with/)

[Richard Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-masur/)

> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-masur/she-susan-lucci-was-extraordinary-she-wouldn-t-look-at-the-scene/)

[Richard Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-masur/)

> [I was doing a play in New York, which we had done in New Haven, Connecticut. It was an American premiere of a play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-masur/i-was-doing-a-play-in-new-york-which-we-had-done-in-new-haven/)

[Richard Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-masur/)

> [ I did Bored To Death with Jason \[Schwartzman\] and Zach Galifianakis and those guys. I mean, how lucky can you be that you get… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-masur/i-did-bored-to-death-with-jason-schwartzman-and-zach-galifianakis-and/)

[Richard Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-masur/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-masur/i-actually-then-went-on-to-direct-an-after-school-special-where-one/)

[Richard Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-masur/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-masur/maybe-if-i-d-gone-in-younger-i-wouldn-t-have-had-that-feeling-but-i/)

[Richard Masur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-masur/)

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