Raft told me how to walk with him in a scene: We'd start off in a long shot normal, and about the time we got together in a close-up, I'd be bending my knees so I'd be shorter.
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I wish I was a bit shorter, as I think shorter people have better walks. Freddie Fox, the actor, is shorter than me and has an amazing gait; and Tom Cruise has a brilliant run. I'm just gangly.
I had to do a tango with Raft and I learned to dance in ballet shoes with my knees bent.
I was put in a position with a man that, whenever he would call me at work or at home, work-related, he would say jump and I'd say how high and I would jump.
You were about five feet short of a ten feet jump?
As a kid, I was so short, it was tough for me to keep up with the taller guys. I always had quick feet, but I just didn't have any power, really, as a kid.
How I long to fall just a little bit, to dance out of the lines and stray from the light.
I have not met a man as tall as me who is as quick as me, ever.
I rendezvous with the long wire and perform the 'torero walk', gliding my feet, holding the pole away from my body, head high.
How long should a man's legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.
Before I film a movie, I look at how the character will move and walk.
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