Dwarves are still the butt of jokes. It's one of the last bastions of acceptable prejudice.
Interpretation
The quote highlights the discrimination faced by dwarves, indicating that making jokes about them is a socially accepted form of prejudice.
Peter Dinklage's quote draws attention to the ongoing stigma and prejudice that people with dwarfism face in society. Despite advancements in social awareness and inclusivity, jokes about dwarves remain one of the few forms of humor that still perpetuate discriminatory attitudes, signaling a need for greater sensitivity and understanding towards all individuals, regardless of their physical appearance.
In practice
This quote could be used in discussions about the importance of sensitivity in comedy during a panel on inclusivity.
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.
Sometimes, when the material is really good, you put expectations on yourself to make it the best possible show. You're not just serving up the regular hash and doing your job and going home.
Any swagger is just defense. When you're reminded so much of who you are by people - not a fame thing, but with my size, constantly, growing up - you just either curl up in a corner in the dark or you wear it proudly, like armor or something. You can turn it on its head and use it yourself before anybody else gets a chance.
Every person my size has a different life, a different history. Different ways of dealing with it. Just because I'm seemingly O.K. with it, I can't preach how to be O.K. with it. I don't think I still am O.K. with it. There's days when I'm not.
I think actors get too comfortable. I like being uncomfortable as an actor because it keeps you alive. I don't know, I think it's important.
Call me a midget, but just be real. I am all for correct terms, but please don't tiptoe around feelings. Don't be too careful, because that shuts you off from people.
I don't believe in an afterlife, but I'm taking an extra pair of underwear just in case.
A sense of humor is the main measure of sanity.
A burglar who respects his art always takes his time before taking anything else.
This looks like a job for inadvisably applied magic if ever I saw one.
He is so stupid you can't trust him with an idea.
Men capable of governing empires fail to control a small white ball, which presents no difficulties whetever to others with one ounce more brain than a cuckoo clock. I wish to goodness I knew the man who invented this infernal game. I'd strangle him. But I suppose he's been dead for ages. Still, I could go and jump on his grave.
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