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

I've been around since I was 19, I won the Oscar when I was 21, I've had a couple of TV series. I've continued to work despite the predictions of some naysayers.

Deaf people can do anything, except hear.

When I was 13, I told Henry Winkler I wanted to act. He said, Do it and don't let anyone stand in your way. His validation just made it all the more true. I haven't stopped thanking him since.

I have a great husband, great parents and in-laws, and I have help with a nanny. It's not easy, but there are others who do it every day and don't have a high-profile job as I do.

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

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

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

I live my life like everyone else; everyone has their own obstacles. Mine is deafness.

Silence is the last thing the world will ever hear from me.

When I learned to sign and speak at the same time, the whole world opened up to me. That's the beauty of encouraging kids who are deaf to use whatever it takes to communicate.

I know now what this meant, that the bison were the gift of a good spirit and were our strength, but we should lose them, and from the same good spirit we must find another strength.

Video games are engineered now, but the step I am trying to take, no one can engineer.

It's almost not safe to be an artist, the way everybody is randomly picking people to feud with.

The voice has to be very clear at all times in order to convey the emotion

A nuisance may be merely a right thing in the wrong place - like a pig in the parlor instead of the barnyard.

The case for trade is not just monetary, but moral. Economic freedom creates habits of liberty. And habits of liberty create expectations of democracy.

Telling stories never fails to produce good in the universe.

My stage show is raw and unpredictable.

To become a grandparent is to enjoy one of the few pleasures in life for which the consequences have already been paid.

I loved Laurel and Hardy and TV shows like 'Robin Hood' and 'Rama of the Jungle'.