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

I was 21 years and 218 days old when I received the Academy Award for Best Actress. I had just stepped into an imaginary world that I'd seen at a distance for years.

Why are people so interested in other people's relationships? It's like stealing.

I learned to speak first, and then to sign. I have never really known what it was like to hear, so I cant compare hearing aids to normal hearing.

The best feeling in the world is when your child comes up to you and lays their head in your lap, for no other reason but just because. I can't wait to have more.

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

Deaf people can do anything, except hear.