Adam Pearson

“My parents are very much a 'heads down, let's get on with this' kind of family, so I don't think there was ever any crying or sleepless nights.”

“In an ideal world, actors with conditions would play the characters with these same conditions, but that's a way off.”

“I went from being undesirable to undeniable - and now, I'm undisputable.”

“We all have good days and bad days.”

“I'm not into political correctness.”

“Why are non-disabled people writing about disability without consultation? When that happens, the end result... you might get it right once, but 9 times out 10 it's going to be very inauthentic and inaccurate.”

“A lot of my friends will accuse me of just turning up to work and being myself on camera.”

“Everyone finds different things either funny or uncomfortable.”

“I have no idea what goes through people's heads when they first see me. 'Wow!' or 'Ugh!' More 'Wow!' I hope.”

“You can get bogged down in, 'It's not fair. Why is life so cruel?' It doesn't solve anything.”

“Seeing the steady increases in those with a visible difference or disfigurement experiencing hate crimes is frightening. We can't wait for a tragedy to happen before action is taken.”

“Once you're comfortable in your own skin and figure that out, and get to the point where you're like, 'It is who I am, like it or lump it,' and the people that matter don't mind and the people that mind don't matter, that's when you can really find your way.”

“No-one knows more about a rare condition than the person who's living with it, so listen to them.”

“Eugenics will always be a difficult issue to wrestle with.”

“I don't mind attention. It's bad attention I don't like.”

“Well, it's always fun to show range as an actor. 'Cause once you've shown range, then someone has to do something with you as an actor.”

“I want to get to a point where we can have guys like me in a film and I'm just there. Where the disability isn't the raison d'etre for me being there.”

“My disability has opened way more doors than it's closed.”

“It's a duty to create a world where people like myself can thrive, without fear or anxiety - giving a voice back to the voiceless. Now I want to ensure that anyone with a visible difference like me can lead the lives they want without suffering abuse or prejudice.”

“Where are the good guys with disfigurements, where are the characters with disfigurements where it isn't even mentioned?”