But if you don't watch me, I will try and sneak in some humor. I see humor everywhere in life around me.

I think in Mrs. C, I certainly played myself. A very compulsive, sweet person.

Hearing loss very often is such a gradual phenomenon that the person is in denial. You really have to be patient with them in getting them to come forward to get help.

I learned a great deal doing Brooklyn Bridge. I was able to take a giant step into the terrible reality that was then. We saw the cattle cars that took folks away. Just knowing it was real, it would be impossible not to feel.

Rule number one is, make sure that you face the person with hearing loss when you are speaking to them.

But if you don't watch me, I will try and sneak in some humor. I see humor everywhere in life around me.

I really wanted to go onstage. Not movies. But I ended up under contract to Paramount. Now I adore film work.