Marlee Matlin

I listen to Billy Joel. He is fabulous. I saw him with Elton John when they toured together, it was so great. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#billy joel #elton #elton john #fabulous #great

I was 21 years and 218 days old when I received the Academy Award for Best Actress. I had just stepped into an imaginary world that I'd seen at a distance for years. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#academy award #actress #award #best #days

I was the youngest and only girl in a family of two older brothers. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#family #girl #i #older #older brothers

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. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#been #continued #couple #despite #had

If I were offered a cochlear implant today, I would prefer not to have one. But that's not a statement about hearing aids or cochlear implants. It's about who you are. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#aids #hearing #hearing aids #i #implant

It seems we're always in transition and that it's more about trends than it is about what's meaningful. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#always #meaningful #more #seems #than

It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I'm not crazy about using. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#about #crazy #disability #i #mattered

Living modestly in a suburban neighborhood while trying to support four children through private school is not extravagant or living large. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#extravagant #four #large #living #modestly

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. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#communicating #first #first time #how #i

My family is healthy and happy. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#happy #healthy