Marlee Matlin Quotes
When you're up for an award at the Oscars, try as you might, it's hard to concentrate on the show.
Quotes to Explore
-
Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
-
It is time for Hillary Clinton to permanently retire.
-
I feel like my story would've been different had I had a chance to play with Bron when I was 18. I've thought about it countless times.
-
You must always do what you feel is right.
-
He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
-
The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.
-
It's very hard to put forth a film that's about love and the joy of love and for it not to be patronising and not make people nauseous or make them roll their eyes.
-
Faith is personal if it's to be real.
-
There are a lot of musicians in my life. But movies came first for me. That was my original passion.
-
In the hands of good writers, you have the opportunity to present both sides of an opinion equally and that you leave it to the audience to listen and then make up their own minds.
-
If I'm saying a universal truth, but maybe it's something that people don't feel comfortable saying... It's a strange take, but at the same time, what you're hitting on is kind of right. You can relate. That's the heart of comedy. You have to have a point of view. You gotta commit. And the more you commit to it, sometimes the funnier it gets.
-
With a genre like film noir, everyone has these assumptions and expectations. And once all of those things are in place, that's when you can really start to twist it about and mess around with it.
-
Whatever you see - any good results - are all from the pressure.
-
Isolated and unincorporated, North Gulfport lacked a basic infrastructure: flooding and contaminated drinking water were frequent problems. Although finally incorporated in 1994 - not long after the arrival of the first casino - many of North Gulfport's streets still lack curbs, sidewalks, and gutters.
-
Sometimes I feel I hope I am not taking advantage of my stardom.
-
My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.
-
Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.
-
I wanted to be a comedian, and this is what I'm doing. If I can keep this going, I'm happy.
-
Then I wanted the character to be feminine as opposed to effeminate. Because it's easy to be camp or queen. Anyone can do that. What's difficult is to play feminine.
-
Why throw money at problems? That's what money is for.Should the nation's wealth be redistributed? It has been and continues to be redistributed to a few people in a manner strikingly unhelpful.
-
That $27,000 that a young player will now get just for making the main draw at the Australian Open is huge. It can set them up for a couple of months which at that level you really do need that kind of help. It sounds like a lot of money, but when you're travelling the world trying to make it as a tennis player, it doesn't last long.
-
'The Ballad of Black Tom' was written, in part, during the latest round of arguments about H. P. Lovecraft's legacy as both a great writer and a prejudiced man. I grew up worshipping the guy, so this issue felt quite personal to me.
-
Let me tell you 'bout a girl I know I met her walkin' down a uptown street She's so fine you know I wished she was mine I get shook up every time we meet
-
When you're up for an award at the Oscars, try as you might, it's hard to concentrate on the show.
