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Living in Los Angeles is pretty cool.
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Los Angeles
Angeles
Los
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Deafness and sign language are extremely close to my heart.
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Deafness
Heart
Language
Close
Extremely
Sign
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I really enjoy being involved in 'Hollyoaks Later' - it's great.
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Involved
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When someone walks into me, whether it's my fault or not, I say, 'Sorry.'
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Sorry
Walks
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When you're an actor, it's really great to be busy - that's what we all want!
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Busy
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I'm extremely proud of 'Hollyoaks.' No one could be flying the flag more happily.
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Flying
Flag
Happily
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Australia is on my to-do list - I have never been, and everyone says how wonderful it is.
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List
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For me, film is an extremely powerful way of conveying a message to a mainstream audience.
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Conveying
Powerful Way
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Everybody should learn sign language or, at least, 'Hello, do you need help? How are you?'
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Hello
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My ideal would be to hop both sides of the Atlantic to work, as I'm sure every actor would.
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Both Sides
Sides
Atlantic
Hop
Ideal
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Being at the first post-Weinstein Oscars was amazing. It felt like there's a spotlight on diversity.
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Oscars
Spotlight
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I'd love to do something hard-hitting, like a lawyer or a policewoman, something like that. That would be nice.
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Be Nice
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I've seen the needless struggles that deaf children and deaf people face, and that gave me the impetus to write.
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Deaf
Impetus
Face Me People
Deaf People
Gave
Needless
Struggles
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I'm beyond excited to join the cast of 'Switched At Birth' and to be part of such a great show on a great network.
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Birth
Great Show
Join
Network
Switched
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With the right support, a deaf child can do exactly the same as a hearing child, yet constantly, they're being failed.
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Deaf
Failed
Exactly The Same
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There are plenty of good drama schools and academies helping children and young people to learn to sing, dance, and act.
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Good Drama
Good Children People
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Inequality within the deaf and hard of hearing community is something I feel really passionate about and always will do.
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Deaf
Inequality
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The 3,000th episode is a great milestone for 'Hollyoaks,' so it was just really nice and a big honour to play a part in it.
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Honour
Milestone
Episode
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There are many issues within the deaf community but, for me, none more important than access to education for deaf children.
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Deaf
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I feel that Britain is a rather self-deprecating nation: you're almost considered egotistical to say you're good at anything.
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Britain
Egotistical
Self Deprecating
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Millions of children all over the world live in silence and face communication barriers - and, particularly, access to education.
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Communication
Barriers
Silence
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My dad lost his hearing in the last 18 months of his life, and as a result, I witnessed first-hand the effect that this can have on a family.
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Life Family Dad
First-Hand
Witnessed
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In the deaf community, there is exactly that - a community. It's like nothing I see in the hearing world. It's old fashioned, I guess, and beautiful.
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Deaf
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The cause is very close to my heart, and I'm proud to be supporting NDCS in helping deaf children overcome the challenges they face in everyday life.
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Deaf
Everyday
Everyday Life
Helping
Overcome
Cause
Supporting
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It's really important to remember that disability is diversity, and that disabled actors and disabilities are something that is hugely under-represented in film.
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Disabilities
Hugely
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There are things like the importance of having a showreel, a headshot, a cover note, a tailored CV - these are all really important when you are trying out for roles.
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Importance
Tailored
Note
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I've seen a lot of people in my life base their self-worth on what job they book or don't book, what car they drive, or whether they can afford a house deposit or not.
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Self Worth
Life Car My Life
Deposit
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I'm hoping I can fill a gap by helping to advise people on acting mechanics - the kinds of things that, looking back, I would have really benefited from as a teenager.
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Advise
Looking Back
Fill
Gap
Hoping
Mechanics
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I always say deafness is a silent disability: you can't see, and it's not life-threatening, so it has to touch your life in some way in order for it to be on your radar.
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Deafness
Disability
Order
Radar
Silent
Life Always Your
Touch
Say
Life Way Always
Life-Threatening
Some
See
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To be honest, the first thing that hits you when you step off the plane in L.A. is just how eager people are to help you out here - or, at least, that's what I've found.
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Eager
First Thing
Out Here
Plane
The First Thing
To Be Honest
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I stay in touch with a lot of the cast - Jess Fox, Jen Metcalfe and Nikki Sanderson and probably more that I've missed out. It's a cliche, but it really is like a family at 'Hollyoaks.'
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Fox
Missed
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I've been involved in the deaf community for years, and my friends in the community that are actors or performers get very frustrated when they see hearing people portraying a deaf role.
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Deaf
Frustrated
Performers
Portraying
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At first, I simply wanted to get a basic understanding of sign language, but as time went on, I really got the bug and wanted to become proficient so that I could make good use of my skills.
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Basic Understanding
Bug
Proficient
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I'm so excited, and I feel very lucky, as to be working in L.A. is a bit of a dream come true for any actor. I definitely have to have a few 'pinch myself' moments as I'm driving to work in Hollywood!
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Pinch
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'Hollyoaks' really is such a great place to work, and there was nothing bad whatsoever about my time there. I loved my job, I loved everybody that I worked with, and I was blessed with great story lines.
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My Time
Work Time Great
Great Place
Story Lines
Whatsoever
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I've done my fair share of fundraising over the years, and I know how difficult that can be, so I could only imagine people's reaction when I was asking them to part with their hard-earned cash for a movie.
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Cash
Fair Share
Fundraising
Reaction
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I like to think my accent isn't strong enough, but it's funny: I get people coming up to me in America and saying I sound like Mel B. She's from Leeds. They just hear a British accent and probably can't quite work it out.
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Funny
America
British
Enough
Leeds
Sound
Strong
Work Enough Me
Accent
Funny Work Me
Quite
Coming
Hear
Saying
She
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We value 'stuff' quite highly. Why? Because that 'stuff' apparently matters. Not only that, we use it as a measure of how successful we are, and as a result of that, having more of this 'stuff' often determines how people treat us.
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Apparently
Determines
Measure
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Dad could speak with a strong voice. And luckily, he was very good at lip-reading, so he was able to disguise his deafness well. He tried various hearing aids but would find them fiddly and uncomfortable, and worse, they often made horrible high-pitched noises.
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Aids
Deafness
Disguise
Hearing
Hearing Aids
Horrible
Uncomfortable
Various
Luckily
Noises
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Due to the closure of many deaf schools in the U.K., deaf children are forced to attend mainstream school. I don't mind this idea: I think it's inclusive, and it better prepares children for life in a hearing world. I don't mind this idea - if that child gets the right support.
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Closure
Deaf
Life World Mind
Attend
Life Better World
Life Better Mind
Due
Inclusive
Forced
Prepares
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'Switched at Birth' has an amazing cast, including an Oscar winner and two Emmy nominees. The writing is very innovative, and the show's producers have redefined U.S. TV by launching a mainstream show which includes multiple deaf cast members whose characters communicate only in ASL (American Sign Language).
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Birth
Cast Members
Communicate
Deaf
Innovative
Launching
Multiple
Emmy
Switched
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