Mickey Rooney Quotes

I've got 99 problems, and most of them are height-related.

I am this guy who's four and a half feet tall, but my life doesn't constantly address it.

I used to hate being short.

I always wanted to be tall, but I'm not, OK?

I do have height envy. I'm 5'1 and my sisters are giants so I do have height envy.

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

I have the power of my height. Growing up, it was a total drawback. There was nothing good about it at all.

I started modeling with a very negative part of me - I didn't really like myself or how I looked because I was very tall for a Japanese girl.

Being short works for me.

I think when you're a tall girl, you feel a little bit like an outcast. You have to go to the back of the photo. You're taller than all the boys. I know I felt more like an outsider. And then as I got older, I just got used to it. I got like, 'I don't date under 6 feet.' That's my policy.

There's been one movie star that would not work with me because of my height. I had so many people who had to stand on boxes when they do scenes with me.

I'm 5ft 1in and despise being small. People think I'm cute and cuddly, and I'm not.

I think most five-foot-two people would be quite offended if they were to be called dwarves.

All my life I've tried to hide my height. I was taller than everybody else and stood out, so I would slouch and try to hide it.

By the time I was 14, I was about six foot. I remember going into auditions, and they'd look at how tall I was and say, 'Well, you're taller than the lead actor, so there's no way we can cast you.'

The biggest issue about the height factor is the bias that the NFL has about it.

It's very cool to be short, very cool. When I was in eighth grade, and the height I am now, I would just look at the cute little short girls and think, 'If only, if only.'

I grew up with people staring at me because I was such a tall, awkward girl.

I was always very, very insecure about my height. Even as a 15-year-old I was a foot and a half taller than everyone.

I was told by my agent that a number of big stars won't work with anyone two inches taller than them and most of them are under six feet, so you have to be prepared to have trouble.

I had a fear of being too tall because my dad is very tall, and both my sisters are very tall. And they're drop-dead gorgeous, but I just didn't know if I, as Storm, wanted to be 6 feet tall, 'cause I feel like that's pretty tall.

I have always been short, and most people want to be taller. That's sort of a thing, but I love being short.

Since kindergarten, I was the shortest kid in class. They always put me toward the front in school pictures, because you couldn't see me if I was in the back. It was kind of funny.

I'm certainly really rather tall at 6 foot 3, and I've been this way since I was 14, but for years, women who are even 5 foot 10 have come up to me in the street and said, 'Oh, it's so nice to see a woman who is taller than me. I've always felt like a giant.'

Tall people have a real advantage in the world.