“I learned to speak first, and then to sign. I have never really known ...” — Marlee Matlin Quote

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.

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

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

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

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

The AIDS epidemic began before I was born - I've never known a world without it. And yet, despite its omnipresence in our lives, there remains a pervasive silence around AIDS among young people, particularly young women.

I burned out on AIDS and did no AIDS work for a couple of years. I was so angry that people were still getting this disease that nobody can give you - you have to go out and get it!

'Longtime Companion' was really the first movie that I know of that addressed the problem of AIDS. This was back in the '80s that we did this.

I started a list of all my friends who had died of AIDS, and I stopped at 78. I think about things like that, and I'm just real glad to be here.