Paul Raci

To anybody who considers themself a struggling actor, which is every single guy out here writing their own screenplay, don't give up.…

— Paul Raci

I had so many deaf uncles that instilled in me this feeling of unconditional love, that's how I was brought up in…

— Paul Raci

The number-one affliction of all of our veterans, of all of our wars - Iraq, Vietnam, back to the Civil War -…

— Paul Raci

My dad, being stone deaf, had a lot of balance problems, especially at night, and walking up stairs was like a perilous…

— Paul Raci

As a little boy it angered me to see my dad with no chance of moving up. He'd come home, slump-shouldered with…

— Paul Raci

Information is education. Education can change lives.

— Paul Raci

I got drafted and enlisted in the Navy.

— Paul Raci

My father died a happy, peaceful man.

— Paul Raci

I worked in many deaf ministries.

— Paul Raci

I've got a grateful heart and I'm excited as hell for the future.

— Paul Raci

I learned English second, as a secondary language.

— Paul Raci

I knew early on that acting was cathartic. It was powerful.

— Paul Raci

I wanted to be an inspiration to anybody. I really do.

— Paul Raci

Culturally deaf people don't want to be fixed. They don't feel impaired. They feel complete.

— Paul Raci

My wife has been my agent for 20 years now and she's been in there fighting for me.

— Paul Raci

During my 40-something-year acting career, I have always been about the work.

— Paul Raci

There's plenty of deaf actors, tons of them that are talented, that deserve to work.

— Paul Raci

I think deaf people are actually really good at listening, and how ironic is that?

— Paul Raci

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.…

— Paul Raci

I love Bill Murray, he's the same age as me. I don't want to take any roles away from Bill, but I…

— Paul Raci

Riz is brilliant. Intense, purposeful. When I first met the guy, the very first time I met him, an hour later, we…

— Paul Raci

CODAs born after 1980 are a different breed. They're so free, because there's an interpreting profession. There was no profession when I…

— Paul Raci

It was all about doing theater in Chicago, and I still do some out here in Los Angeles. But there's a difference…

— Paul Raci

When I was a kid in Chicago, it was looked upon as something that you had to fix - that you were…

— Paul Raci

Thank God for Deaf West Theater - if it wasn't for them, where the hell else was I going to exercise my…

— Paul Raci

I've always been a sign language interpreter in the court system, and running out to do an audition so I could do…

— Paul Raci

How must that feel to any Deaf person, especially a culturally Deaf person, who hears nothing? Who goes through life, living their…

— Paul Raci

You have to go to the gym; you have to learn how to swim. The craft of acting is learning the lines…

— Paul Raci

My mother, when I was doing stage acting in Chicago, would come to see any show that I was in. There was…

— Paul Raci

My dad felt oppressed by the hearing man. All his friends would express to me sometimes how oppressive their own country was…

— Paul Raci

Hearing people say, 'How can these deaf people understand the show when they come to a rock club?' They're up there, at…

— Paul Raci

I love going back to those silent films because my father who is totally deaf loved Buster Keaton. Loved him! More than…

— Paul Raci

You've got to learn your craft; you've got to do it every day. Find a partner. If you're a writer, you've got…

— Paul Raci

Deaf culture, with a capital D, is just a whole world unto itself. When I was growing up, it was the Deaf…

— Paul Raci

Growing up in the 50s, there was no wheelchair access to sidewalks ramps, there was nothing like that. Nobody thought about that…

— Paul Raci