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Marlee Matlin Quotes

At some point we have to stop and say, There's Marlee, not, There's the deaf actress.

Differences are scarier now. The dollar isn't so guaranteed if you don't follow what they see as the norm. But I don't moan about it. I just keep working.

Every one of us is different in some way, but for those of us who are more different, we have to put more effort into convincing the less different that we can do the same thing they can, just differently.

Everybody's got a job to do, and I do mine as best I can.

Hollywood embraced me in the late '80s because there was a good project I was in and it was different. Nowadays, it's about corporate mentality, box office, youth.

How many deaf people do you know in real life? Unless they live in a cave, or are 14, which seems to be true for most people in this business, what could I possibly tell them that they don't already know?

I am writing my second novel for children for Simon and Schuster.

I can hear you and I can watch your mouth move, and then I put together the sounds and the visual image, and I can understand the words as I integrate the two signals.

I find the mantle of, she works hard for the money, or, she's overcome so many obstacles a bit overused.

I got a good handshake. A lot of executives tell me I have the best handshake in Hollywood.

I have a great husband, great parents and in-laws, and I have help with a nanny. It's not easy, but there are others who do it every day and don't have a high-profile job as I do.

I have made the choices that work best for me. I know I cannot please everyone, and that's fine.

I learned to speak first, and then to sign. I have never really known what it was like to hear, so I can't compare hearing aids to normal hearing.

I listen to Billy Joel. He is fabulous. I saw him with Elton John when they toured together, it was so great.

I was the youngest and only girl in a family of two older brothers.

I'm different, and my manner invites questions. I'm never afraid to answer.

I'm gonna be unemployed when people read this. Ha.

I've always wanted to write a book relating my experiences growing up as a deaf child in Chicago. Contrary to what people might think, it wasn't all about hearing aids and speech classes or frustrations.

I've been around since I was 19, I won the Oscar when I was 21, I've had a couple of TV series. I've continued to work despite the predictions of some naysayers.

If I were offered a cochlear implant today, I would prefer not to have one. But that's not a statement about hearing aids or cochlear implants. It's about who you are.