At some point we have to stop and say, There's Marlee, not, There's the deaf actress.

It seems we're always in transition and that it's more about trends than it is about what's meaningful.

I'm the only one in my family who is deaf, and there are still conversations that go around me that I miss out on. And I ask what's going on, and I have to ask to be included. But I'm not going to be sad about it. I don't live in sad isolation. It's just a situation I'm used to.

You can do anything if you set your mind to it. Look out for kids, help them dream and be inspired. We teach calculus in schools, but I believe the most important formula is courage plus dreams equals success.

I live my life like everyone else; everyone has their own obstacles. Mine is deafness.

If I were offered a cochlear implant today, I would prefer not to have one. But that's not a statement about hearing aids or cochlear implants. It's about who you are.

Silence is the last thing the world will ever hear from me.