Marlee Matlin

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

— Marlee Matlin

#everybody #got #i #i can #i do

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

#because #box #box office #corporate #different

I am writing my second novel for children for Simon and Schuster. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#children #i #i am #novel #second

I can hear you and I can watch your mouth move, and then I put together the sounds and the visual image, and I can understand the words as I integrate the two signals. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#i #i can #image #integrate #mouth

I find the mantle of, she works hard for the money, or, she's overcome so many obstacles a bit overused. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#find #hard #i #mantle #many

I got a good handshake. A lot of executives tell me I have the best handshake in Hollywood. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#executives #good #got #handshake #hollywood

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. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#adventurous #being #cases #daring #guess

I have a great husband, great parents and in-laws, and I have help with a nanny. It's not easy, but there are others who do it every day and don't have a high-profile job as I do. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#easy #every #every day #great #help

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

#compare #first #hear #hearing #hearing aids

I have made the choices that work best for me. I know I cannot please everyone, and that's fine. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#cannot #choices #everyone #fine #i