James Cromwell Quotes

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.

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.'

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

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

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

I haven't grown since I was 13, and every girl cast opposite me isn't allowed to wear heels on camera, for fear that I would look minuscule. In all of the casting calls for my best friends on every project, it says in big, bold, red letters: 'Please no high heels.' It's a little embarrassing.

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

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.

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 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.

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

Tall people have a real advantage in the world.

I'm too tall. I am 6ft 7in, so I've been most people's height at some point in my life, and 6ft 4in is the best. You're tall, but you don't have to bend when you go through a door.

I'm a tall woman. At work, that means a lot of my co-stars have to stand next to me on apple crates. But apparently, my height bodes well in the fashion world.

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

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

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

Granted, it's not easy to be a super-tall woman in Hollywood. But there are times when it works in my favour. In 'The Night Manager,' for example, both of my co-stars, Hugh Laurie and Tom Hiddleston, are also well over 6 ft. and it was lovely to look a co-star in the eye and not have them standing on an apple box!

Actors are often short. It can be hard to make others look good if you are three heads taller.

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

Standing out for being short is not actually a good thing as a model and it hasn't been a help.

In the early stages, when I realized I was going to be probably the shortest player on the teams I was on, it was hard. I felt like girls were getting recruited over me strictly because of their height, and it made me self-conscious.

What's so wonderful about being 6'3". What is this mythical edge tall men have over average and short men?

By the time I turned 12, I was a 5-foot 10-inch social disaster. Towering over my friends was the bane of my adolescence.