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

What parent has it easy? I just never make the difficulty of it an obstacle. I just do it.

Deaf people can do anything, except hear.

I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, and in spite of what most people might have expected from a young girl growing up deaf, life for me was like one long episode of The Brady Bunch. Despite whatever barriers were in my way, I imagined myself as Marcia Brady skating down the street saying “hi” to everyone, whether they knew me or not.

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

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 have always resisted putting limitations on myself, both professionally and personally.