In his own words, "On a really good day, I'm five feet short. It's pretty difficult for me to play anything but the little guy. I don't play a good victim so I'm always the nasty little guy.". From his movies it's clear he's under 5 feet, even his Twins co-star Arnold described him as being only 4ft 9. In 2011 Danny was more specific, and now says he is "4'11 and three quarters".
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I've been very lucky so far. Every character I ever played was five feet tal. Of course there are some limitations. For example, I'm probably never gonna get to do the life story of Kareem Abdul Jabbar.
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In School, other kids would often tease me and make jokes about my height. But in my acting career, I've learned that size doesn't really make any difference as long as it's a good role.
One of my problems was to make people in my profession understand there are parts for short actors. After all there are short and tall lovers; short tyrants, small doctors. Size shouldn't be an issue for an actor, and it isn't any more as far as my career is concerned.
-- Ottawa Citizen, 19th May 1984
I always stood in a hole,walked in a ditch,sat on a low chair anything to make him [Arnie] taller.He is only 5'4" Maria is 5'2" I'm 5'0.
