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I know deaf people. I have discussed the issues with them I've also thought about them a lot so I have some insights that go a little further than people who haven't had contact with the deaf community.


Richard Masur


#also #community #contact #deaf #deaf people

The deaf community is in a favorable position because they have a national theatre and training groups of their own to get them started. Deaf actors have often acquired very valuable skills and experience before they get their break.


Richard Masur


#because #before #break #community #deaf

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


Marlee Matlin


#deaf #point #say #some #stop

I live my life like everyone else; everyone has their own obstacles. Mine is deafness.


Marlee Matlin


#else #everyone #i #life #like

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


#be true #business #cave #could #deaf

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.


Marlee Matlin


#brady #bunch #chicago #deaf #despite

The handicap of deafness is not in the ear; it is in the mind.


Marlee Matlin


#ear #handicap #mind

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.


Marlee Matlin


#deaf #door #even #foot #get

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.


Marlee Matlin


#deaf #denzel #denzel washington #dumb #get

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


Marlee Matlin


#deaf #i #knew #young






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