Richard C. Armitage Quotes

I didn't ask to be short. I didn't want to be short. I've tried to pretend that being a short guy didn't matter.

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.

Man, I'm 6 foot 8. I'm gonna be typecast. It's not like I'm gonna be the romantic lead, although that wouldn't be bad.

I don't really know on the jobs I don't get - nobody calls me up and says, 'Yeah, you were too tall!' I don't know if it was that or one of a bunch of other factors. But it is awkward. I can't wear heels.

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.

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 have been stared at my whole life because of my height.

I think they look upon me as an old child, because I'm so little.

It's a well-known fact that tall people are evil.

In my school days, everyone thought I'm too tall for a Chinese girl.

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.

I've acted with shorter heroes, and no one has objected.

I guess people think the taller you are the more dominant you have to be.

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.

Tall people have a real advantage in the world.

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.

It's tricky territory, height and co-stars. The only thing I can say is that it's never been an issue in my life.

Whether you're a dwarf, whether you're a midget, it's all branding.

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 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.

Being a 6-foot-tall tennis player is not great for a girl's social life.

I can understand why people laugh and make jokes, but I'm comfortable with being this tall. It's not as if I've had a sudden growth spurt. I've always been like this, so I get used to the constant height references.