Stephanie Beacham

"I'm lucky that most of the time I'm on location in amazing places. Most of the time, I don't need holidays, I just stop working."

"One of the reasons I wanted to teach deaf children was because it made me very sad that they spoke so clumsily and that they moved with less grace that I knew was possible of deaf people."

"I think the deafness affects me more than I realise I think it makes me more tired. I loathe parties. I attend, smile and leave."