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It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I'm not crazy about using.


Marlee Matlin

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KIMTO OCHE EMMANUEL Inconceivable!"
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More Marlee Matlin

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MARLEE MATLIN I learned to speak first, and then to sign. I have never really known what it was like to hear, so I...
MARLEE MATLIN The hearing aids are very helpful for speech reading. Without the hearing aids, my voice becomes ver...
MARLEE MATLIN I've always wanted to write a book relating my experiences growing up as a deaf child in Chicago...
MARLEE MATLIN During a visit to California, when a friend of my grandmother's told my parents that I must be d...
MARLEE MATLIN I personally have dealt with any adversity in my life with humor. That's why I told America to &...
MARLEE MATLIN I want roles without anger and feistiness. I want to show weakness and sadness, some love, some happ...
MARLEE MATLIN Every one of us is different in some way but for those of us who are more 'different,' we ha...
MARLEE MATLIN At some point we have to stop and say, There's Marlee, not, There's the deaf actress.
MARLEE MATLIN The best feeling in the world is when you child just comes up to you and lays their head in your lap...
MARLEE MATLIN Everybody's got a job to do, and I do mine as best I can.
MARLEE MATLIN The only thing I can't do is hear. I can drive, I have a life with four kids, I work on TV, I do...
MARLEE MATLIN I have a great husband, great parents and in-laws, and I have help with a nanny. It's not easy, ...
MARLEE MATLIN I like to say that the greatest handicap of deafness does not lie in the ear, it lies in the mind. I...
MARLEE MATLIN You can do anything if you set your mind to it. Look out for kids, help them dream and be inspired. ...
MARLEE MATLIN I know what it's like to be growing up, called 'deaf and mute' and 'deaf and dumb.&#...
MARLEE MATLIN Silence is the last thing the world will ever hear from me.
MARLEE MATLIN I live my life like everyone else; everyone has their own obstacles. Mine is deafness.
MARLEE MATLIN I have made the choices that work best for me. I know I cannot please everyone, and that's fine.
MARLEE MATLIN When I learned to sign and speak at the same time, the whole world opened up to me. That's the b...
MARLEE MATLIN There are so many people, deaf or otherwise abled, who are so talented but overlooked or not given a...
MARLEE MATLIN Every one of us is different in some way, but for those of us who are more different, we have to put...
MARLEE MATLIN The handicap of deafness is not in the ear; it is in the mind.
MARLEE MATLIN The Earth does not belong to us: we belong to the Earth.
MARLEE MATLIN What the Bleep Do We Know was not written with a deaf person in mind, but when they met me, it click...
MARLEE MATLIN Popular broadcast shows and movies have their closed captions stripped when they go to the Internet.
MARLEE MATLIN I would love to do a talk show. Naturally, I would love to do more films. I'd love to be able to...
MARLEE MATLIN I'm particularly proud of my work with the Starkey Hearing Foundation for whom I raised a millio...
MARLEE MATLIN I hope I inspire people who hear. Hearing people have the ability to remove barriers that prevent de...
MARLEE MATLIN We aren't handicapped in any way except by what other people think. Focus on people's abilit...
MARLEE MATLIN I hope that through my example, such as my role on 'The West Wing,' I can help change attitu...
MARLEE MATLIN I began acting on stage when I was 7 years old. My first role was as Dorothy in 'The Wizard of O...
MARLEE MATLIN How many deaf people do you know in real life? Unless they live in a cave, or are 14, which seems to...
MARLEE MATLIN There are many deaf people who couldn't imagine living in a marriage without someone who doesn&#...
MARLEE MATLIN Watch me when people say deaf and dumb, or deaf mute, and I give them a look like you might get if y...
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MARLEE MATLIN In the deaf community, there are different types of people who have different philosophies. Some bel...
MARLEE MATLIN I like to play around with people who don't know me. Often I'm talking to people through my ...
MARLEE MATLIN Living modestly in a suburban neighborhood while trying to support four children through private sch...
MARLEE MATLIN Picket Fences.
MARLEE MATLIN Differences are scarier now. The dollar isn't so guaranteed if you don't follow what they se...
MARLEE MATLIN If I were offered a cochlear implant today, I would prefer not to have one. But that's not a sta...
MARLEE MATLIN I got a good handshake. A lot of executives tell me I have the best handshake in Hollywood.
MARLEE MATLIN I find the mantle of, she works hard for the money, or, she's overcome so many obstacles a bit o...
MARLEE MATLIN I can hear you and I can watch your mouth move, and then I put together the sounds and the visual im...
MARLEE MATLIN When I was 13, I told Henry Winkler I wanted to act. He said, Do it and don't let anyone stand i...
MARLEE MATLIN Got the will, finding the way.
MARLEE ARMSTRONG I thought we gave good effort, but when we had opportunities we didn't take advantage of them.
MARLEE WEBB We handled their pressure really well. We didn't let them go on any big runs and that helped us a gr...
MARLEE WEBB Maybe she's a spaghetti girl.....straight until wet.
JODI LERNER (MARLEE MATLIN'S L WORD CHARACTER)