Marlee Matlin quotes

Marlee Matlin is an American actress and activist, renowned for her work in both film and television. An accomplished performer, she is the only deaf person to have won an Academy Award for Best Actress. She continues to inspire audiences and advocate for the rights of people with disabilities. Here are 52 of her quotes:

I have made the choices that work best for me. I know I cannot please everyone, and that's fine. (Marlee Matlin)
Silence is the last thing the world will ever hear from me. View quote
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I live my life like everyone else; everyone has their own obstacles. Mine is deafness. View quote
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At some point we have to stop and say, There's Marlee, not, There's the deaf actress. View quote
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Everybody's got a job to do, and I do mine as best I can. View quote
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I'm not broke. Like everybody else, I owe money. View quote
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The handicap of deafness is not in the ear; it is in the mind. View quote
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I hope I inspire people who hear. Hearing people have the ability to remove barriers that prevent deaf people from achieving their dreams. View quote
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It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I'm not crazy about using. View quote
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I'm different, and my manner invites questions. I'm never afraid to answer. View quote
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Watch me when people say deaf and dumb, or deaf mute, and I give them a look like you might get if you called Denzel Washington the wrong name. (Marlee Matlin)
It seems we're always in transition and that it's more about trends than it is about what's meaningful. View quote
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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. View quote
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I find the mantle of, she works hard for the money, or, she's overcome so many obstacles a bit overused. View quote
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The Earth does not belong to us: we belong to the Earth. View quote
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What parent has it easy? I just never make the difficulty of it an obstacle. I just do it. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I was the youngest and only girl in a family of two older brothers. View quote
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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? View quote
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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. (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. View quote
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I got a good handshake. A lot of executives tell me I have the best handshake in Hollywood. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Marlee Matlin

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Photo: Angela George, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: American Actress
Born: August 24, 1965
Quotes count: 52

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