Lydia Hearst 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.

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

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 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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Height doesn't matter. You see guys like Tyrod Taylor, Brees, Russell Wilson: they've proven that it doesn't matter.

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

I can't really say my height has hindered me in the theater, though it really has hindered me in TV. It's just something you have to embrace, your height.

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.

There were lots of Spanish teams who didn't want to sign me because of my height when I was 15, 16 years old.

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

I guess I concentrated exclusively on basketball because of my height. If I was shorter, I don't think I would play.

In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a little short to be a basketball player!

When I was younger I wanted to be a gymnast, but they have to be quite short - I was tall.

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.

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'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.