At some point we have to stop and say, There's Marlee, not, There's the deaf actress.
From Marlee Matlin
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.
Everybody's got a job to do, and I do mine as best I can.
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.
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?
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.
I find the mantle of, she works hard for the money, or, she's overcome so many obstacles a bit overused.
I got a good handshake. A lot of executives tell me I have the best handshake in Hollywood.
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.
I have made the choices that work best for me. I know I cannot please everyone, and that's fine.
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