"I was 21 years and 218 days old……" — Marlee Matlin
"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
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
66 Quotes by Marlee Matlin
Marlee Matlin has 66 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
We had a dog, Apples. He was 13 years old, toothless, blind and had the worst breath this side of…
-
I learned to speak first, and then to sign. I have never really known what it was like to hear,…
-
I have always resisted putting limitations on myself, both professionally and personally.
-
Im in my mid-30s, Ive won an Oscar, I have four children. You figure out if my deafness has adversely…
-
I got a good handshake. A lot of executives tell me I have the best handshake in Hollywood.
-
I'm not really deaf; I just faked it to win the Oscar KIDDING.
-
I'm a proud person who happens to be deaf. I don't want to change it. I don't want to wake…
-
All I can say is I've been reading the lips of bleeped-out words, angry baseball players, and stoned-out rock stars…
-
When it comes down to it, it's about who you know, and who's a fan. It's about whether you're the…
-
The hearing aids are very helpful for speech reading. Without the hearing aids, my voice becomes very loud, and I…
-
When I was 13, I told Henry Winkler I wanted to act. He said, Do it and don't let anyone…
-
I am grateful for each and every food bank that helps families in need. Now, more than ever, hunger is…
See all 66 quotes by Marlee Matlin »
More Academy Quotes
This quote is filed under Academy Quotes,
one of 252 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for…
— Charles Babbage
-
Soviet regime in a way deprived me from my childhood in my homeland, because my father was in military, and…
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
-
We lived, until I was 12 or so, in communal apartment with five different families and the same kitchen, in…
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
-
Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.
— Ambrose Bierce
-
I'm a member of the Academy, but I don't know who all the other Academy members are. It's not like…
— Albert Brooks
-
High school was interesting, because I went from a public school middle school to an academy where the first year…
— Kyle Chandler
-
Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor.
— Ray Charles
-
You've probably noticed already that I'm dressed like a grown-up... I apologize to the Academy, and I promise that I…
— Cher
-
That best academy, a mother's knee.
— James Russell Lowell
-
The manager sits down with me; I sit down with the board. We assess the success of the year. The…
— David Gill
-
Academies that are founded at public expense are instituted not so much to cultivate men's natural abilities as to restrain…
— Baruch Spinoza
-
When I am dead, let it be said of me: he belonged to no school, to no church, to no…
— Gustave Courbet
See all 252 Academy Quotes »