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.

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

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

The great classics that, as a professional you don't get to do, you do as a student, when you don't know any better.

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

The thing about hearing loss is that no one can see it. Most people are so impatient; they just assume that the person with hearing loss is being rude, or slow-witted.

I was born not too far from Minneapolis, so it's nice to come back and visit.