The Best Feeling In The World Is

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.

When I Was Young I Knew I Was Deaf. I Couldn't Accept It.

I'm Not Really Deaf; I Just Faked It To Win The Oscar Kidding.

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.

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.