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

People who are short, they're often portrayed as the victim.

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

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.

Nothing's better than coming away from a film when people don't even recognize you, because you've undergone a total transformation.

As you get older, you can suffer from painful hips, and our joints wear a lot quicker than for people of average height.

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.