In a series, you really need to stay open-minded. It's not like a play or a film, where you can create and fully commit to your character's back-story.
“And as I grew older, I then auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music in London, and they said, well, no, we won't accept you, because we haven't a clue - you know - of the future of a so-called 'deaf' musician. And I just couldn't quite accept that.”