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“They'll say, 'Oh, he's sexy,' but women still go for guys who are 6ft 2 ins. I don't believe any of it for a minute.”
“'Lassie' was amazing. I didn't have any scenes with humans. There's a couple little bits, here or there, but mainly just me and my horse and a couple of dogs in the Isle of Man.”
“People have the strangest ideas about dwarves.”
“My brother, who's a violinist now, was the real ham, the real performer of the family. His passion for the violin is the only thing that kept him from being an actor.”
“That's one of the things about theater vs. film - with theater, actors have a little more control, and one of the disappointing things about films is that once you're done shooting, anything can happen, you know?”
“Animals used for food are treated like unfeeling machinery.”
“George Martin is an incredible writer.”
“A lot of directors straight out of film school are very technically minded, but they don't have an understanding of actors or how to talk to them.”
“I have a friend who says, 'The world doesn't need another angry dwarf!'”
“Each year, billions of animals are subjected to cruelty on factory farms, feed lots, and slaughterhouses. The brutality that these animals endure would be grounds for felony cruelty charges if inflicted upon our cats and dogs.”
“I would love to play Richard III.”
“I was once part of a Christmas cabaret. I sang 'I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.' I tap-danced. I had a ten-gallon hat. It was quite absurd.”
“Even 'Lord of the Rings' had dwarf-tossing jokes in it. It's like, 'Really?'”
“My mother was an elementary school teacher for 35 years and taught at the Nixon School in New Jersey. I was raised as a very liberal Democrat, and she was protesting Nixon when he was in office.”
“I dress and eat like a fifth-grader, basically. I like sandwiches and cereal and hooded sweatshirts.”
“Women respond to comfort and a sense of humor. I was always able to make them laugh, so that helps a lot.”
“I don't socialize. I'm kind of a hermit. The life of an actor can be very lonely.”
“I never lived in an abandoned railroad station.”
“The greatest preparation for a TV show is to already have one season behind you.”
“'Star Wars' or 'The Lord of the Rings' deal with great big Joseph Campbell-style myths, good and evil.”