Deaf Quote by Millicent Simmonds

I think deaf people are actually really good at listening, and how ironic is that?

— Paul Raci

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

— Lauren Ridloff

To really understand a deaf person's experience, you need someone that is deaf to be able to tell you what their experience is.

— Millicent Simmonds

“Do you think I'm deaf?" the deaf beggar asked. "I'm not deaf at all. It's just that it isn't worth hearing a whole world…

— Dara Horn

I don't know that hearing people have ever felt that experience of truly being left out. They have easy communication, while deaf people can't…

— Millicent Simmonds

Growing up, I never thought about becoming an actress because I never saw deaf people in TV or movies. I didn't think it was…

— Millicent Simmonds

I think in television there's more of an awareness about a need for more diversity, but there still needs to be great practical strides…

— Greg Berlanti

It's scary, though, because if you talk about the need for diversity to someone in power, they might X you out and say, 'Well,…

— Alex Consani

Can't be all men, can't be all white, can't be all black, can't be all straight. [It has] got to be a wide range…

— Keith Ellison

I think it's important to always have diversity, in our Congress or anywhere, but you also need diversity not just for women of color…

— Deb Haaland

We need diversity onscreen. We need to be moving in that direction, because that's a reflection of the world that we're living in today.

— Kiana Madeira

We need more diversity - we need more African-Americans on screen, Latinos, Asians, different religions. We have to be better about reflecting what our…

— Allison Schroeder