I Learned To Speak First, And Then

All I Can Say Is I've Been Reading The Lips Of Bleeped-out Words, Angry Baseball Players, And Stoned-out Rock Stars On Awards Shows For Years And It's Been Hilarious. Everyone Is Always Asking Me What The Bleeped-out Parts Are Saying.

There Are Many Deaf People Who Couldn't Imagine Living In A Marriage Without Someone Who Doesn't Speak Their Language. For Me, I Believe That Hearing Or Deaf Is Fine As Long As Both Parties Are Willing To Communicate In Each Other's Language. But If There's No Communication, Then The Marriage, I Believe, Will Be Difficult If Not Doomed.

How Many Deaf People Do You Know In Real Life? Unless They Live In A Cave, Or Are 14, Which Seems To Be True For Most People In This Business, What Could I Possibly Tell Them That They Don't Already Know?

Every One Of Us Is Different In Some Way, But For Those Of Us Who Are More Different, We Have To Put More Effort Into Convincing The Less Different That We Can Do The Same Thing They Can, Just Differently.

Hollywood Embraced Me In The Late '80s Because There Was A Good Project I Was In And It Was Different. Nowadays, It's About Corporate Mentality, Box Office, Youth.