We all live in fear of cancer, but to be told you have skin cancer was terrifying.

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.

We all live in fear of cancer, but to be told you have skin cancer was terrifying.

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.

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.

But as far as my work is concerned, I see no impediment, and various advantages, to being deaf.