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YouTube is akin to having my own network.
Deaf people can do anything, except hear.
I'm not broke. Like everybody else, I owe money.
I'm gonna be unemployed when people read this. Ha.
Everybody's got a job to do, and I do mine as best I can.
When I was young I knew I was deaf. I couldn't accept it.
Silence is the last thing the world will ever hear from me.
The handicap of deafness is not in the ear; it is in the mind.
I'm not really deaf; I just faked it to win the Oscar KIDDING.
I am writing my second novel for children for Simon and Schuster.
I was the youngest and only girl in a family of two older brothers.
At the end of the day, it's about the best interests of the children.
I'm different, and my manner invites questions. I'm never afraid to answer.
Why are people so interested in other people's relationships? It's like stealing.
At some point we have to stop and say, There's Marlee, not, There's the deaf actress.
I became deaf when I was 18 months old. And I learned to sign when I was 5 years old.
I live my life like everyone else; everyone has their own obstacles. Mine is deafness.
It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I'm not crazy about using.
I have always resisted putting limitations on myself, both professionally and personally.
What parent has it easy? I just never make the difficulty of it an obstacle. I just do it.
I got a good handshake. A lot of executives tell me I have the best handshake in Hollywood.
I have made the choices that work best for me. I know I cannot please everyone, and that's fine.
When you're up for an award at the Oscars, try as you might, it's hard to concentrate on the show.
Popular broadcast shows and movies have their closed captions stripped when they go to the Internet.
It seems we're always in transition and that it's more about trends than it is about what's meaningful.
I find the mantle of, she works hard for the money, or, she's overcome so many obstacles a bit overused.
When I was 11, I knew that I wanted to write a kid's book and tell the world what it was like being deaf.
I want roles without anger and feistiness. I want to show weakness and sadness, some love, some happiness.
I listen to Billy Joel. He is fabulous. I saw him with Elton John when they toured together, it was so great.
Im in my mid-30s, Ive won an Oscar, I have four children. You figure out if my deafness has adversely affected my life.
I guess not being able to hear just made me adventurous and daring. And in most cases, that didn't make my parents very happy with me.
I hope I inspire people who hear. Hearing people have the ability to remove barriers that prevent deaf people from achieving their dreams.
The best feeling in the world is when you child just comes up to you and lays their head in your lap, for no other reason but just because.
Humor comes in all forms, and everyone has their cup of tea about what makes them laugh. But the day we censor humor is a sad one for sure.
Living modestly in a suburban neighborhood while trying to support four children through private school is not extravagant or living large.
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.
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.
I learned to speak first, and then to sign. I have never really known what it was like to hear, so I cant compare hearing aids to normal hearing.
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.
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.
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.
I began acting on stage when I was 7 years old. My first role was as Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz' at Chicago's Center on Deafness in Northbrook, Illinois.
My parents were the ones who gave me the independence, who gave me the spark to do anything that you set your mind to, as all parents should do for their kids.
I'm tired of seeing listings of programs I want to watch that aren't closed captioned. And I'm tired of looking for the symbol on the side of the video package.
I've been around since I was 19, I won the Oscar when I was 21, I've had a couple of TV series. I've continued to work despite the predictions of some naysayers.
I hope that through my example, such as my role on 'The West Wing,' I can help change attitudes on deafness and prove we can really do everything... except hear.
By the time I was a teenager, my desire to be daring and taste everything got me in trouble. Too often, I was in the company of kids my parents would call 'wild.'
I learned a long time ago from when I did 'Seinfeld' never to take anything seriously, and to be part of the joke is the best way to show what a good sport I was.
The best feeling in the world is when your child comes up to you and lays their head in your lap, for no other reason but just because. I can't wait to have more.
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.