Lauren Ridloff

I'm a mother, a wife, and a former teacher.

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I wasn't one of the cool kids.

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My boys, they love Legos.

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I was very into books.

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I enjoyed writing speeches.

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My hair doesn't understand rules, doesn't understand rigidity.

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It's really important for people to understand that there's a space for everyone.

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I want to give the audience what they deserve.

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I know what deaf fans want is more stories that are authentic.

— Lauren Ridloff

I think that subtitles benefit everyone: deaf, hard of hearing, hearing.

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I got to a point today as an adult where I'm wonderfully comfortable with my curls.

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I didn't really see anyone like myself ever represented on the screen.

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The desire to be heard by someone else is never out of date.

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At one point during my childhood, I thought I was the only deaf person that walked this planet.

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I'm coming into this industry at a time where Hollywood is rethinking what it means for inclusivity.

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I know a lot of people don't realize that sign language is not universal. Each country has their own form of sign…

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Every individual has different needs - there is no one-size-fits-all or no prescribed set of accommodations for anybody.

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Deaf fans are not satisfied, they need more. We want to see more deaf people on the screen.

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My whole family is Deaf. My husband's Deaf, my sons are Deaf. It's very familiar to me and is very real and…

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It's nice to go out and look at people, to think about their movements and interactions, and I can bring all that…

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When you have deaf experts within and on the stage, from the crew to makeup artists, it feels like that naturally leads…

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I think that deaf people that grow up, we meet so many people who don't sign well, and so we develop this…

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Hollywood needs to take the lead on subtitling ads, trailers and those cute little interviews with clips that celebrities do promoting their…

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My relationship with PS 347 goes way back. I was the teacher there and I moved from California to New York City.…

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When I was born, I was this little thing. And my parents said, 'Oh my god, look at her hands. They're so…

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I don't have to always use the word 'we.' I think the first and most powerful step is to start using the…

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In a very demanding starring role, you become a professional mother overnight. You just do it. I am able to do this…

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I'm proud to be making my Broadway debut in a production that is working to make theater more accessible, and I look…

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I feel that just by showing the diversity of people within the Marvel world is so powerful because the MCU really is…

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I've been running ever since I was in high school.

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Everyone has different identities and different characters that live within them.

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I never really dreamed of becoming an actor because I've seen how hard it is within the deaf community.

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Hollywood is a small place, and historically there's only been room for one or two deaf people. That was the mindset for…

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I was really quiet. I was a shy kid. I preferred to stand behind things, behind people. I was really a wallflower.

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I have learned from stylists that I work with that with gel specifically, less can be more. It's all about layering and…

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I don't know if I want to write about being deaf per se, but I do know that it'll color my story…

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I used to be Miss Deaf America in another lifetime, and literacy was my platform at that time. And it's still very…

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As a biracial person, my family at first didn't know at first what to do with my hair, so I had to…

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Deaf Gain actually means that there are moments when it really is beneficial to be deaf. So I'm very proud to actually…

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When I let my hair be natural, I feel most comfortable and since that is now my baseline, I have the freedom…

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