What I really want is to play the romantic lead and get the girl.

I'm not going to play my violin, but with my dwarfism, I'm a bit of a mutant.

It's a shame how a lot of actors use theater as a stepping stone to film and television work; I think it shouldn't be treated that way. Maybe it's narcissism or something. I think we should always go back to it. I try and do a play a year, and I think that's really helped me.

I get to play a scorching lead guitar, and there's not much that's more fun than that.

Even 'Lord of the Rings' had dwarf-tossing jokes in it. It's like, 'Really?'

There are a lot of directors out there who are very specific, visual craftsmen, and while I have the utmost respect for that, they don't really communicate with the actors.