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Warwick Davis

(1970) Actor United Kingdom

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Warwick Davis is an actor from the United Kingdom, best known for Size matters not.

Quick Facts About Warwick Davis

Born: February 3, 1970
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Actor
Notable works: Size matters not
Spouse: Samantha Davis

About Warwick Davis

Warwick Ashley Davis is an English actor and television presenter. Active within the industry since he was eleven, Davis is among the highest-grossing supporting actors of all time and has the highest average gross revenue of all supporting actors. He played the title character in Willow (1988) and the Leprechaun film series (1993–2003); several characters in the Star Wars film series (1983–2024), most notably Wicket the Ewok; and Professor Filius Flitwick and the goblin Griphook in the Harry Potter film series (2001–2011).

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Quotes by Warwick Davis

If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a…

Actor

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I would like to play an average guy. I would have loved to play opposite John Candy in a movie. That was…

Average

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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…

Humor

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The world worries about disability more than disabled people do.

Disability

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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…

Average

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I don't want to be just somebody short who happens to act. I hope my legacy will be Warwick Davis, Actor.

Actors

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The way people deal with me - they'll go overboard in trying to be politically correct and make a mess of it.…

About

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If you love Harry Potter, you're going to absolutely love this...this is the biggest box set that Warner Bros. has ever done.…

Bigger

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

Character

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People think I'm not as ordinary as I think I am. They don't approach me as much as I would like, because…

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When I go from a role with heavy prosthetic makeup, which I've done quite a bit of as well, and then do…

Any

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Things such as 'Harry Potter', all I can do is shape my character, seek the director's approval on that, and basically take…

Approval

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Very obsessed fans do ask actors to attend their weddings.

Actors

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

Body

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

Actors

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When I was born in 1970 with a rare genetic disorder called spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita (SED), medical science wasn't what it is…

Born

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My life is quite physical anyway. When you are three-foot-six you kind of have to climb stuff now and again, and you…

Again

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I wouldn't say one is easier or more difficult, but when you're inside a costume and a mask, you have to endure…

About

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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,…

Be careful

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

Crave

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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…

Be grateful

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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.

Change

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As a film actor, you don't often get that opportunity to meet with your audience and take your applause on stage.

Actors

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When I came up with the character of Wicket for 'Return Of The Jedi', which was my first film, I was a…

Character

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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…

Burning

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