Marlee Matlin Quotes

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

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



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.

Marlee Matlin



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

Marlee Matlin



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



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