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How Oscar Winner Troy Kotsur First Caught The Acting Bug From ‘Tom And Jerry’ · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Coda star Troy Kotzer
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Speaker 1: has been open about the struggles he endured as a
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Speaker 1: deaf actor before winning Best Supporting Actors the Academy Awards,
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Speaker 1: and he says his code to co star Marley Mattlin's
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Speaker 1: groundbreaking Oscar win in was a huge inspiration for him
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Speaker 1: to forge your career as a deaf actor. But the
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Speaker 1: one thing that got him hooked on acting was actually cartoons,
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Speaker 1: he tells Variety. When I was younger, I would watch cartoons,
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Speaker 1: and mainly Tom and Jerry because there was no dialogue.
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Speaker 1: It was just a cat and a mouse chasing each other.
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Speaker 1: Next day, I'd go on the school bus to the
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Speaker 1: school for the deaf. All the deaf kids would be
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Speaker 1: together and I would recreate the episode and I'll never
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Speaker 1: forget their eyes lighting up with their laughter. It was
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Speaker 1: there something clicked. I wanted to continue that feeling that
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Speaker 1: led me to stage acting TV and film The Oscar
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Speaker 1: winning Best Picture. Coda streaming now on Apple TV Plus
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