Quotes from Warwick Davis

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.

My parents are both average size. For them to have a child who was very, very different and very, very small must have been incredibly hard.

In a costume, you need very exaggerated body language - as you say, sort of mime-type skills.

When I was born in 1970 with a rare genetic disorder called spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita (SED), medical science wasn't what it is today and my mum and dad were treated terribly by the medical profession.

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.

If you love Harry Potter, you're going to absolutely love this...this is the biggest box set that Warner Bros. has ever done. If it was any bigger, it'd need wheels.

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.

When you do films that have multiple sequels, you develop a character for a film.

If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And many movie fans I've spoken to would rather see an actor in a costume than CG.

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.

I don't crave fame. I mean, it's nice to be recognized. It is useful.

And I feel that filmmakers ought to be careful with the use of 3D. Because if you look back over the decades, you see that 3D has come and gone for I don't know how many years now.

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

I'm an actor, and when I close the door at home I'm kind of off-duty.

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.

But things such as 'Harry Potter', all I can do is shape my character, seek the director's approval on that, and basically take it from there. Professor Flitwick in 'Harry Potter', I kind of defined how I saw him from reading the book, and luckily that matched up with the director's vision.