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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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Warwick Davis
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: February 3
Actor
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
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Warwick Ashley Davis
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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've found that it's actually more of a disability to be tall than short. I have no problem fitting into plane toilets etc, and the adaptations made for wheelchair users - such as the lowering of bank machines - work for me as well.
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I find vacuuming very therapeutic, but I hate ironing. I usually have no shirt on while ironing, because I'm ironing it, and I end up burning my chest.
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I don't crave fame. I mean, it's nice to be recognized. It is useful.
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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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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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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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I'm an actor, and when I close the door at home I'm kind of off-duty.
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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.
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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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I wouldn't change a thing about my family.
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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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My wife is short, and my two kids are also small.
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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.
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