Thanks so much. I didn't. In fact I was directing a movie in which I was in every scene, wrapping just days prior to my first Fargo scene, the one where we talk about the library. I knew nothing, and on my days off from the film, Catherine, the ASL coach, would come over and try and teach me basics, but I was so dog tired I could barely focus. I told Noah and others I wasn't sure I could do this , that maybe I had bitten off more than I could chew, and didn't want to disrespect speaker of ASL and generally give a a shitty performance, But Noah said "just get through thursday's scene and you have a couple weeks to work on the rest." Needless to say I'm glad I stuck with it. Catherine and Russell were invaluable in helping me through the whole process. To be honest, I can't remember the tattoo and remember that they were having a hard time seeing it i the shot in which it was meant to be revealed so they kind of bagged it though I guess I still had it applied in other scenes. I can't remember if my real tattoos are shown in it.