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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
At some point we have to stop and say, There's Marlee, not, There's the deaf actress.
Marlee Matlin
Everybody's got a job to do, and I do mine as best I can.
Marlee Matlin
I'm not broke. Like everybody else, I owe money.
Marlee Matlin
The handicap of deafness is not in the ear; it is in the mind.
Marlee Matlin
I hope I inspire people who hear. Hearing people have the ability to remove barriers that prevent deaf people from achieving their dreams.
Marlee Matlin
It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I'm not crazy about using.
Marlee Matlin
I'm different, and my manner invites questions. I'm never afraid to answer.
Marlee Matlin
It seems we're always in transition and that it's more about trends than it is about what's meaningful.
Marlee Matlin
Maybe my way of communicating through sign made me more in tune with my body and how it moved. Who knows? I just know when I saw a stage for the first time, I wanted to be on it.
Marlee Matlin
I find the mantle of, she works hard for the money, or, she's overcome so many obstacles a bit overused.
Marlee Matlin
The Earth does not belong to us: we belong to the Earth.
Marlee Matlin
What parent has it easy? I just never make the difficulty of it an obstacle. I just do it.
Marlee Matlin
When it comes down to it, it's about who you know, and who's a fan. It's about whether you're the right age, whether you're hot or not, whether the studio is into you or not.
Marlee Matlin
The hearing aids are very helpful for speech reading. Without the hearing aids, my voice becomes very loud, and I cannot control the quality of my voice.
Marlee Matlin
I was the youngest and only girl in a family of two older brothers.
Marlee Matlin
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?
Marlee Matlin
When I was 13, I told Henry Winkler I wanted to act. He said, Do it and don't let anyone stand in your way. His validation just made it all the more true. I haven't stopped thanking him since.
Marlee Matlin
I got a good handshake. A lot of executives tell me I have the best handshake in Hollywood.
Marlee Matlin
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.
Marlee Matlin
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.
Marlee Matlin
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