I Was The Youngest And Only Girl

During A Visit To California, When A Friend Of My Grandmother's Told My Parents That I Must Be Deaf Because I Was Not Responding To Sounds, My Father Was Absolutely Convinced That I Was Simply Being Stubborn.

Deaf People Can Do Anything, Except Hear.

Everybody's Got A Job To Do, And I Do Mine As Best I Can.

I Hope That Through My Example, Such As My Role On 'the West Wing,' I Can Help Change Attitudes On Deafness And Prove We Can Really Do Everything... Except Hear.

I Listen To Billy Joel. He Is Fabulous. I Saw Him With Elton John When They Toured Together, It Was So Great.