Dwarf Quotes

(on working with Orson Welles on Jane Eyre (1944)) You can not battle an elephant. Orson was such a big man in every way that no one could stand up to him. On the first day at 4 o`clock, he strode in followed by his agent, a dwarf, his valet and a whole entourage. Approaching us, he proclaimed, "All right, everybody turn to page eight." And we did it, though he was not the director.

He`s eight foot tall, has stupid glasses, awful hair, but it makes me look good, which is why he`s in the series. We look so strange on screen together as well. The height difference is ridiculous. I want people to know that he is a freak and I`m the normal one. Don`t look at this and go, `What? Didn`t know Ricky was a dwarf.` I`m not. He`s the weird one. - mocking his comedy partner, Stephen Merchant

(on working with Orson Welles on "Jane Eyre") You can not battle an elephant. Orson was such a big man in every way that no one could stand up to him. On the first day at 4 o`clock, he strode in followed by his agent, a dwarf, his valet and a whole entourage. Approaching us, he proclaimed, "All right, everybody turn to page eight." And we did it, though he was not the director.

I`ve done roles that aren`t written for somebody who`s a dwarf, ... I think it`s just bad writing if you`re constantly reminding the audience I am one. There I am, I`m on screen. I`m under 5 feet tall. Why would you have to be reminding the audience left and right?

A dwarf who brings a standard along with him to measure his own size, take my word, is a dwarf in more articles than one.

Obesity is the terror within. Unless we do something about it, the magnitude of the dilemma will dwarf 9-11 or any other terrorist attempt.