When I was young I knew I was deaf. I couldn't accept it.

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 don't need to push myself. I don't need to sharpen my own knife and slit my throat. I'm trying to chill it and find an equilibrium and a balance to my work.

We come into the world laden with the weight of an infinite necessity.

Fiction becomes a weird way to countenance yourself and to tell the truth instead of being a way to escape yourself or present yourself in a way you figure you will be maximally likable.

If you can see things out of whack, then you can see how things can be in whack.

I would love Kate Middleton to be in 'Glee.' Wouldn't that be fantastic? That would be great.

What is the use of assuring Fundamentalists that science is compatible with religion. They retort at once, Certainly not with our religion.

My skin is like a map of where my heart has been And I can't hide the marks It's not a negative thing.

I want to make another film. I want to make a better film about the legendary Babaji, with more close-encounter stories of people who have been with him.

Sustainable energy + food security + healthy environment = full employment + better future.

Not surprisingly, extensive effort in Britain and America goes into finding tax shelter. the system is "efficient" for the shelter industry, not for the economy.