I can not remember even thinking that I was deaf when I was dancing.

Nothing is going to improve my hearing. I've only got to prevent it from getting worse.

I'm lucky that most of the time I'm on location in amazing places. Most of the time, I don't need holidays, I just stop working.

I'm the one by the backdoor - I am not the one in the middle of the party.

I took some classes in sign language when I was in my early teens because I was told that I would be completely deaf very early. But I never really wanted to learn.

When I was young I used to smother myself with olive oil mixed with a dash of vinegar to keep the flies away and lay in the sunshine for hours on end. But we knew no better then. Now we know how stupid that was.

I think the deafness affects me more than I realise I think it makes me more tired. I loathe parties. I attend, smile and leave.