At the Academy Awards this coming Sunday, the film "CODA" is nominated for three awards, including best picture.
One of the main actors in "CODA," Marlee Matlin, has brought strong characters to the screen for 35 years. Tonight, she shares her Brief But Spectacular take on uplifting deaf actors and others in the disability community in Hollywood. I remember when I was about 8 or 9. I was watching TV, and I remember seeing a deaf actor on TV signing, speaking my language. And I was thinking, well, I love -- I'd love to act. If I can see her acting on television, why can't I do that when I grow up? When I won my Academy Award back in 1987, people in my community, my deaf community, were saying to me, Marlee, you need to speak up, because you have to be an advocate for us.