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Marlee Matlin is an accomplished American actress, best known for her role as Emily Pearson in the television series 'Glee.' She won an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe for her performance. Matlin is also an active speaker and advocate for the rights of people with disabilities.

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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.”

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Author:Marlee Matlin

“During a visit to California, when a friend of my grandmother's told my parents that I must be deaf because I was not responding to sounds, my father was absolutely convinced that I was simply being stubborn.”

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Author:Marlee Matlin

“I'm the only one in my family who is deaf, and there are still conversations that go around me that I miss out on. And I ask what's going on, and I have to ask to be included. But I'm not going to be sad about it. I don't live in sad isolation. It's just a situation I'm used to.”

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“There are many deaf people who couldn't imagine living in a marriage without someone who doesn't speak their language. For me, I believe that hearing or deaf is fine as long as both parties are willing to communicate in each other's language. But if there's no communication, then the marriage, I believe, will be difficult if not doomed.”

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“When I learned to sign and speak at the same time, the whole world opened up to me. That's the beauty of encouraging kids who are deaf to use whatever it takes to communicate.”

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Author:Marlee Matlin

“Deaf people can do anything, except hear.”

People Can Do Deaf Gallaudet

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“There are so many people, deaf or otherwise abled, who are so talented but overlooked or not given a chance to even get their foot in the door.”

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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.”

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

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“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.”

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“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.”

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“When I was young I knew I was deaf. I couldn't accept it.”

Young Accepting Deaf

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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?”

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Author:Marlee Matlin

“I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, and in spite of what most people might have expected from a young girl growing up deaf, life for me was like one long episode of The Brady Bunch. Despite whatever barriers were in my way, I imagined myself as Marcia Brady skating down the street saying “hi” to everyone, whether they knew me or not.”

“I'm not really deaf; I just faked it to win the Oscar KIDDING.”

Winning Oscars Deaf Deafness

Author:Marlee Matlin

“I'm a proud person who happens to be deaf. I don't want to change it. I don't want to wake up and suddenly say, 'Oh my God, I can hear.' That's not my dream. It's not my dream. I've been raised deaf. I'm used to the way I am. I don't want to change it. Why would I ever want to change? Because I'm used to this, I'm happy.”

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Author:Marlee Matlin

About the Author

Born: August 24, 1965
Known for: Actress
Quotes: 60

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