Height Issue Quotes

When the war broke out I decided I would be very patriotic. Standing my full height. I presented myself to the Wacs and the to the Waves. And I was rejected - I was an inch too tall.

I never had any problems with my height. I was always the smallest kid, at school and in my teams.

I'm only five feet tall, so I'm short.

I'm not tall.

I've always been really tall and lanky.

I played football when I was a kid, it is such a fun sport to play, I fancied myself as a midfielder until I grew too tall and discovered basketball.

I failed to make the chess team because of my height.

I’m not short. I’m…vertically disadvantaged.

I rarely wear tennis shoes. I'm 5' 8', I hate being short.

I was a floor model at I. Magnin. I'm 5 feet 7, but my legs weren't long enough to be a big-time model. From the knees up, everything is long, but from ankle to knee, if I was in proportion, I'd be 5 feet 9.

I'm not over 6-foot.

I was pretty much seen as a basketball player coming out of high school. Football was my second love, but luckily, I turned out to be pretty good. Something just drew me to football; besides, I ended up being too short for my position in basketball.

I'm not freakishly short. I had, on my show, used shortness as a joke subject; it didn't really bother me.

In modeling, my height was a big challenge to overcome, because I was pretty much the shortest girl on the runway whenever I was doing the catwalk. The clothes didn't fit and the shoes didn't fit. It was an issue, but luckily, it didn't prevent me from working.

In a way, I don't want to know what's being said in casting offices, because it can get pretty brutal, and I don't want to have to think about the reasons why I don't get one job or do get one job. I can say, 'Oh, my height,' and that'll make me feel better, but I don't know for sure.

I really had to create my own style, because it's kind of hard being a 6-1 defensive end. I'm really like 6-4 - really.

I've been 5-6 since I've been at least 17 or 18. I think somebody made a mistake on the measurements.

Spiderman was my favorite comic book character growing up. I'm a geek, so I love the fact Peter Parker is into science. And I gravitate towards short guys. I'm 5' 9" now, but in junior high, I got picked on because I was 4' 8".

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 was probably tall as a child, but I just stopped growing.

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

Prince never, ever mentioned it except to say he wished he was taller so he could play basketball. He was actually a really great basketball player.

I did ballet from the age of five, but what I loved was my gymnastics. I kept the ballet going because of the gymnastics, then found I was going to be too tall.

For me, personally, I'm a 5'5" leading man. I'm no Brad Pitt or anything.

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.