When I grew up in the '50s, people were called 'hearing-impaired.' And then the consciousness of the community shifted: 'I'm not hearing-impaired. I'm deaf. Call me what I am.' — Paul Raci Copy Share Image
When I was a kid in Chicago, it was looked upon as something that you had to fix - that you were broken. If you're hearing-impaired, you're broken. Or if you're deaf, there's something wrong with you. — Paul Raci Copy Share Image
American Sign Language is my native tongue. That's the first thing that I learned to communicate with. — Paul Raci Copy Share Image
I moved out here when I was 40 and guess what, they are not looking for 40-year-olds in Hollywood. — Paul Raci Copy Share Image
You're going to see more inclusion in casting in this town, in Hollywood. You're going to see a lot more differently abled people, people… — Paul Raci Copy Share Image
You throw all these obstacles in front of people, especially a lot of the deaf people that I've known in my life, you throw… — Paul Raci Copy Share Image
What I'm going to make sure happens, if I have anything to say about it, now that people are listening - we need to… — Paul Raci Copy Share Image
We all know in the deaf community, there are deaf actors, men and women who are highly, highly skilled, highly intuitive, highly intelligent, that… — Paul Raci Copy Share Image
I had so many deaf uncles that instilled in me this feeling of unconditional love, that's how I was brought up in that community.… — Paul Raci Copy Share Image
John Williams was a Vietnam veteran and I'm a Vietnam veteran, I did two tours in Vietnam. So knowing that, that he wrote a… — Paul Raci Copy Share Image
Everybody in Los Angeles is an actor, or they think they are, or they want to be. They're looking for that shot. And the… — Paul Raci Copy Share Image
My father was deafened at the age of six months from spinal meningitis, so he never knew sound at all. — Paul Raci Copy Share Image
This is why every actor wants to get a script - they want to see what the arc of the character is. — Paul Raci Copy Share Image
