I Got A Good Handshake. A Lot

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?

I Was 21 Years And 218 Days Old When I Received The Academy Award For Best Actress. I Had Just Stepped Into An Imaginary World That I'd Seen At A Distance For Years.

Maybe My Way Of Communicating Through Sign Made Me More In Tune With My Body And How It Moved. Who Knows? I Just Know When I Saw A Stage For The First Time, I Wanted To Be On It.

There Are So Many People, Deaf Or Otherwise Abled, Who Are So Talented But Overlooked Or Not Given A Chance To Even Get Their Foot In The Door.

Why Are People So Interested In Other People's Relationships? It's Like Stealing.