In a very real way Norman [Lear] godfathered me into my career. He was the best mentor anybody could have ever had. — 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
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