My worst holiday was in Athens when I was a young drama student at Rada in 1965. I ran out of money. I had my things stolen and I wasn’t able to speak a word of the language. Stephanie Beacham Read Quote
I have to concentrate more intently when people speak. I always have to position myself on their right side so that I can hear out of my left ear. I sometimes get a crick in my neck from listening. But I don’t there’s too much else. Stephanie Beacham Read Quote
When I look in the mirror, I sometimes think I’m getting old, but then I have two generations behind me so that helps puts things into perspective. I am a grandmother now, but at least my nine-year-old grandson Jude calls me Glamma and not Granny. Stephanie Beacham Read Quote
When I was young I used to smother myself with olive oil mixed with a dash of vinegar to keep the flies away and lay in the sunshine for hours on end. But we knew no better then. Now we know how stupid that was. Stephanie Beacham Read Quote
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. Stephanie Beacham Read Quote
But as far as my work is concerned, I see no impediment, and various advantages, to being deaf. Stephanie Beacham Read Quote
I took some classes in sign language when I was in my early teens because I was told that I would be completely deaf very early. But I never really wanted to learn. Stephanie Beacham Read Quote
I’m the one by the backdoor – I am not the one in the middle of the party. Stephanie Beacham Read Quote
