Quotes from Verne Troyer

If I walk up to a bar, they wont see that I'm standing there.

People categorise people as being disabled, and it's basically whatever you put your mind to, you can do, and everybody that has limitations, they can still do anything they want as long as they set their mind to it.

I was just the perfect person to play the Mini-Me character.

I've had people come up and actually pick me up out of the blue. That gets a little annoying.

I was working at a candy-wrapping factory before I became an actor. I admit I snuck some hard candy, which is great because you can suck on it while you're working.

In the film, I'm not very mobile, like in the space suit.

L.A. is so fake - girls there are so superficial.

Now I get to pick and choose exactly what I want to do.

Somebody pitched me a superhero movie involving Abraham Lincoln. I was also pitched the idea of Dwarfula, which involved a mob of little people.

There were a lot of times I'd hide in my locker and jump out and surprise people. Whenever friends would come by, I'd open the locker and hit' em.

I still pinch myself that I ended up in Hollywood. And I am still surprised at the fans.

In Men in Black, it was a very small character, no pun intended.

The Amish like to live a very plain lifestyle, the way they think God intended. It sort of brings you back to, like, 'Little House on the Prairie' days or something.

It's hard for me to even watch comedies I'm in.

What I really enjoy the most is seeing what the crowd likes. I enjoy making people laugh.

Me being able to beat up Austin Powers? I mean, how great can that be?

I just take it one day at a time. Austin Powers has given me a lot of opportunities as far as my career.

My parents taught me to be optimistic and independent. They made me feel that I could do anything I set my mind to, which has really helped me. They didn't make allowances for me because of my height. I had to do everything my brother and sister had to do, including raising our animal menagerie that included cows and chickens.

I've never been tall. So it's not like I was six-foot, got paralyzed, and now I'm in a wheelchair. It doesn't really faze me all that much.

There's a lot of little people who think they can't do certain things, but like I say, if you put your mind to it, you can do things that average people do, just in a different way.

I think when average-size people start taking roles that were meant for dwarfs, that's a little frustrating because there aren't that many roles out there for height-challenged actors.

We grew up Amish, but my parents left the religion when I was a child. The Amish have lots of rules, and my dad thought many people in the faith were hypocritical because they'd tell others not to do something and then do it themselves.

I think it was a good challenge for me to get my reactions across without being able to speak.

We were doing the dance routine and I dislocated my knee. I've been doing stunts for a long time and it's kind of weird that I'd dislocate my knee just dancing.