Warwick Davis

“I do a lot of public speaking and presentations and I'll always start with a self-deprecating joke to make everybody feel comfortable with my size because there can be hang-ups and anxieties.”

“As you get older, you can suffer from painful hips, and our joints wear a lot quicker than for people of average height.”

“To me that's part of my working day, and I would never refuse a job where I'm under several hours of makeup, because as an actor, I enjoy performing. It's about the creation of the character and the art to me, not about being comfortable and how long it all takes.”

“Nothing's better than coming away from a film when people don't even recognize you, because you've undergone a total transformation.”

“When I came up with the character of Wicket for 'Return Of The Jedi', which was my first film, I was a kid of 11 years old, and I basically was playing a very young Ewok.”

“When you do films that have multiple sequels, you develop a character for a film.”

“The way people deal with me - they'll go overboard in trying to be politically correct and make a mess of it. Everyone's so worried about what they're saying to everyone else, that they don't talk very much.”

“Very obsessed fans do ask actors to attend their weddings.”

“My parents armed me with an amazing sense of humor, and it's what you need when, well, it's what anyone needs in this world.”

“My parents are both average size. For them to have a child who was very, very different and very, very small must have been incredibly hard.”

“When I was born in 1970 with a rare genetic disorder called spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita (SED), medical science wasn't what it is today and my mum and dad were treated terribly by the medical profession.”

“People who are short, they're often portrayed as the victim.”

“If you just did a horror tone throughout an entire movie you almost, as an audience, can get a little bit used to it. But if you're laughing one minute and, you know, somebody's doing something quite horrific the next minute, it's a little more shocking.”

“There's nothing better than going to the movies and going into another world, and forgetting about everything that's happening outside.”

“I don't crave fame. I mean, it's nice to be recognized. It is useful.”

“In a costume, you need very exaggerated body language - as you say, sort of mime-type skills.”

“I run Willow Management, which is the biggest agency for other short actors. We look after performers who are either under five feet and over seven feet tall.”