Everybody's got a job to do, and I do mine as best I can.

It was ability that mattered, not disability, which is a word I'm not crazy about using.

At the end of the day, it's about the best interests of the children.

I guess not being able to hear just made me adventurous and daring. And in most cases, that didn't make my parents very happy with me.

Im in my mid-30s, Ive won an Oscar, I have four children. You figure out if my deafness has adversely affected my life.

I'm not broke. Like everybody else, I owe money.

The handicap of deafness is not in the ear; it is in the mind.