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

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

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

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

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

I'm the only one in my family who is deaf, and there are still conversations that go around me that I miss out on. And I ask what's going on, and I have to ask to be included. But I'm not going to be sad about it. I don't live in sad isolation. It's just a situation I'm used to.

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