Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actor Billy Barty.
Last updated on November 23, 2024.
Billy Barty was an American actor and activist. In adult life, he stood 3 ft 9 in (1.14 m) tall, due to cartilage–hair hypoplasia dwarfism. Because of his short stature, he was often cast in films opposite taller performers for comic effect. He specialized in outspoken or wisecracking characters. During the 1950s, he became a television actor, appearing regularly in the Spike Jones ensemble. In the early 1970s he was a staple in a variety of roles in children's TV programs produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. Also an activist for people with dwarfism, he founded the Little People of America organization in 1957.
We are people with all the hopes, dreams, passions, and faults of everyone else. Eighty percent of us are born into families with no history of dwarfism.
The name of my condition is Cartilage Hair Syndrome Hypoplasia, but you can just call me Billy.
Try being my size and going into a public restroom.
The general public thinks all little people are in circuses or sideshows. We have doctors, nurses, just about every field covered.
I have a feeling that we have been placed on this earth for a special reason and although I have not fulfilled all my missions, I am trying.
We are your brothers, your daughters, your friends. We just happened to have been wrapped in a smaller package.