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've always been one of the smallest, if not the smallest guy on the football field.
When you're a short actor you stand on apple boxes, you walk on a ramp. When you're a short star everybody else walks in a ditch.
As a kid, I was so short, it was tough for me to keep up with the taller guys. I always had quick feet, but I just didn't have any power, really, as a kid.
Let's just face it: The average girl is not 6-3. I look very average.
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.
If I had to compete against someone almost two feet taller than me, I wouldn't want to play.
My entire high school career - my entire school career - I've been like three feet taller than everyone in my grade.
Actors are often short. It can be hard to make others look good if you are three heads taller.
There are Hall of Famers at 5'11'' and 5'9''.
Americans enjoy uniformity in a way that the British don't; they wanted everybody of a sort of nice chorus line height and here I was, this person who was a good three inches taller than anyone else on the end of the line.
