The challenge for the hearing actors is that most of them don't know any sign language, so how are they going to know when to match when I am signing my lines? You really have to stick together closely so, even if they don't know what I'm saying, they know this sign and that movement means this, so they match it.

Robert DeMayo

Categorized in : Arts

You really have to stick together closely so, even if they don't know what I'm saying, they know this sign and that movement means this, so they match it. There have been a lot of funding cuts to the arts, of course, which makes it harder for everyone, and that makes it increasingly harder for deaf actors.