Before a big acting competition, my dad sent me a note that said, 'Define the moment. Don't let the moment define you.'

It's really important to be active in your community, whatever community that is... find allies and find people who you relate to and who make you stronger as a group.

In my normal life, I do not speak with an accent. It's harder for people to realize my hearing loss in everyday life.

I'm a total nerd. I love comic books and video games and most of all zombies!

In the deaf community, in order to play a role of someone with a hearing loss... you have to have hearing loss.

I was born in San Antonio, TX, but moved to Lakewood, CO in elementary school. Then, I moved to Valley Center, CA in high school.

The iPad was my first splurge after I got my first paychecks. I paid off the debt, and I now bring the iPad with me to auditions.

Cherish your existence, for memories become legacies and life can change in an instant.

When trouble comes, it's your family that supports you.

I've played a ghost, cat, snake. I've been funny, sad. I've been filmed flying on screen. So why not spend time on something else? I don't need to accept everything I'm offered.

So go on and play, and if you make a mistake, make it loud so you won't make it next time.

War is the only sport which is genuinely amusing. And it is the only sport which has any intelligible use.

When you're shopping you forget about eating!

When the heart is pierced, there is pain, yes, but also an invitation to a greater becoming.

Jesus Christ has taken the lead on the way of the cross. He has suffered first. He does not drive us toward suffering but shares it with us, wanting us to have life and to have it in abundance.

Science coverage could be improved by the recognition that science is timeless, and therefore science stories should not need to be pegged to an item in the news.

It's very rare to have rehearsal time on a television show: You get scripts, you show up, and you do it.