I got a good handshake. A lot of executives tell me I have the best handshake in Hollywood.

I was the youngest and only girl in a family of two older brothers.

Deaf people can do anything, except hear.

Maybe my way of communicating through sign made me more in tune with my body and how it moved. Who knows? I just know when I saw a stage for the first time, I wanted to be on it.

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

The hearing aids are very helpful for speech reading. Without the hearing aids, my voice becomes very loud, and I cannot control the quality of my voice.

There are so many people, deaf or otherwise abled, who are so talented but overlooked or not given a chance to even get their foot in the door.