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

I have made the choices that work best for me. I know I cannot please everyone, and that's fine.

When I learned to sign and speak at the same time, the whole world opened up to me. That's the beauty of encouraging kids who are deaf to use whatever it takes to communicate.

When you're up for an award at the Oscars, try as you might, it's hard to concentrate on the show.

I can hear you and I can watch your mouth move, and then I put together the sounds and the visual image and I can understand the words as I integrate the two signals.

I'm not really deaf; I just faked it to win the Oscar KIDDING.

How many deaf people do you know in real life? Unless they live in a cave, or are 14, which seems to be true for most people in this business, what could I possibly tell them that they don't already know?