"As you get older, you can suffer from painful hips, and our joints wear a lot quicker than for people of average height"
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The line also quietly rebukes the way audiences consume difference. Davis has spent decades being looked at for a living, often through roles that turn stature into spectacle or fantasy. Here, he yanks the camera down to ground level: the off-screen consequences of being "not average". By comparing his experience to "people of average height", he makes a standard visible. Average isn't neutral; it's a design bias. Everything from stairs to seating to medical expectations is built around it, and the body pays when it's forced to adapt.
There's an intent to educate without pleading. The phrasing stays conversational, almost matter-of-fact, which disarms the listener and avoids the sentimental trap. It asks for recognition rather than pity, and it widens the frame: representation isn't just about who appears on-screen, but about the physical realities that continue when the lights go off. Davis turns autobiography into a small piece of public health truth.
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| Topic | Aging |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Davis, Warwick. (2026, January 16). As you get older, you can suffer from painful hips, and our joints wear a lot quicker than for people of average height. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/as-you-get-older-you-can-suffer-from-painful-hips-129677/
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Davis, Warwick. "As you get older, you can suffer from painful hips, and our joints wear a lot quicker than for people of average height." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/as-you-get-older-you-can-suffer-from-painful-hips-129677/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"As you get older, you can suffer from painful hips, and our joints wear a lot quicker than for people of average height." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/as-you-get-older-you-can-suffer-from-painful-hips-129677/. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.




