Deaf Quote by Millicent Simmonds

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

— Lauren Ridloff

There's plenty of deaf actors, tons of them that are talented, that deserve to work.

— Paul Raci

The deaf community is nearly never portrayed accurately on television/film because most writers never took the time to immerse themselves in the deaf culture…

— Sean Berdy

I never really saw deaf people on TV.

— Rose Ayling-Ellis

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

— Lauren Ridloff

Growing up, I didn't know that there were other deaf people out there. I thought I was the only one.

— Lauren Ridloff

What I'm going to make sure happens, if I have anything to say about it, now that people are listening - we need to…

— Paul Raci

I would love to play a deaf-mute in a film.

— Saswata Chatterjee

I never thought of being an actress, I was always singing or playing on the piano.

— Joanna Kulig

We all know in the deaf community, there are deaf actors, men and women who are highly, highly skilled, highly intuitive, highly intelligent, that…

— Paul Raci

What I want to do is encourage more of that, more deaf presence in TV, movies, acting, modeling - that's really what I want…

— Millicent Simmonds

DYT believed in who I was as an actress and who I could be, which is something I want for generations of aspiring deaf…

— Rose Ayling-Ellis