Warwick Davis Quotes
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I don't crave fame. I mean, it's nice to be recognized. It is useful.
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I mean, I would say I get five or six e-mails every day from people asking, "Is there going to be a Leprechaun 6?' It's probably the most asked question besides, 'Is there going to be a Willow II?'
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The way people deal with me - they'll go overboard in trying to be politically correct and make a mess of it. Everyone's so worried about what they're saying to everyone else, that they don't talk very much.
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Very obsessed fans do ask actors to attend their weddings.
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So, I think I'd be grateful for the next job. I always am. And I always consider everything I do to be the last thing I do.
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Nothing's better than coming away from a film when people don't even recognize you, because you've undergone a total transformation.
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As you get older, you can suffer from painful hips, and our joints wear a lot quicker than for people of average height.
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It's interesting to see what people are saying about me. I like keep up with the latest rumors! A while back there was a rumor that I was going to do a film with Demi Moore about the takeover of Commodore computers!
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My dad instilled in me a great sense of humor. I wasn't bullied at school because my outward attitude was confident, and that helps.
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I would like to play an average guy. I would have loved to play opposite John Candy in a movie. That was my dream for a long time, and sadly, now I can never realize that. But I'd like to do comedy.
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I run Willow Management, which is the biggest agency for other short actors. We look after performers who are either under five feet and over seven feet tall.
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In a costume, you need very exaggerated body language - as you say, sort of mime-type skills.
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I do a lot of public speaking and presentations and I'll always start with a self-deprecating joke to make everybody feel comfortable with my size because there can be hang-ups and anxieties.
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My life is quite physical anyway. When you are three-foot-six you kind of have to climb stuff now and again, and you find yourself in quite precarious situations just to manage in what is quite a big world.
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When I go from a role with heavy prosthetic makeup, which I've done quite a bit of as well, and then do a role where I'm not wearing any, I have to be conscious of toning everything down.
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My parents armed me with an amazing sense of humor, and it's what you need when, well, it's what anyone needs in this world.
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You've got to love acting and that's true for me. I love the idea of getting on stage and getting in front of a camera.
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My wife is short, and my two kids are also small.
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I wouldn't say one is easier or more difficult, but when you're inside a costume and a mask, you have to endure heat - and, often, difficulty seeing. The vision is not very good in a mask. And you have to cope with that, as well as trying to think about this character.
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As a film actor, you don't often get that opportunity to meet with your audience and take your applause on stage.
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I wouldn't change a thing about my family.
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I'm an actor, and when I close the door at home I'm kind of off-duty.
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To me that's part of my working day, and I would never refuse a job where I'm under several hours of makeup, because as an actor, I enjoy performing. It's about the creation of the character and the art to me, not about being comfortable and how long it all takes.
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If you just did a horror tone throughout an entire movie you almost, as an audience, can get a little bit used to it. But if you're laughing one minute and, you know, somebody's doing something quite horrific the next minute, it's a little more shocking.