Being able to work with Madonna... she's a legend in the music industry and she's so beautiful, so I couldn't ask for anything else.
Doing stunt work is risky, but it's something I enjoy.
Going into public, I try to wear a hat and sunglasses, but that doesn't seem to help.
I don't know what it's like to be tall. I grew up like this. You just adapt to every situation. It's a tall world out there, but I'm used to it.
I enjoyed being able to play two different characters - kind of like the yin and the yang.
I felt probably more uncomfortable than Beyonce. But I can't answer for her.
I get a lot of questions from the press about my size but I'm not offended by it.
I grew up in Michigan, in a very small town, Centreville. In my graduating class, I had like 92 people.
I just take it one day at a time. Austin Powers has given me a lot of opportunities as far as my career.
I might offend some people, but hey.
I think it was a good challenge for me to get my reactions across without being able to speak.
I was just the perfect person to play the Mini-Me character.
I went to see the film with a regular audience for the first time on Sunday, and was basically swamped.
I'll be one of the Who's of Whoville.
I'm a big sports fan. College football is my favorite.
I've done approximately 15 films, and most of the things I've done have either been stunt or costume work.
I've played a baby panda bear to a gorilla to an alien, but Austin Powers 2 is definitely my biggest role ever. Hopefully, it's not my last!
If I did everything, I probably wouldn't be here talking to you. There aren't too many people who can actually double me, so I do most of my stunts though.
In high school and college all my friends and my brother wrestled.
In Men in Black, it was a very small character, no pun intended.
In the film, I'm not very mobile, like in the space suit.
It's a movie. It's entertainment. If other little people feel like they're being offended, it doesn't offend me, so just take it as it is.
It's definitely a challenge not speaking and getting your point across to the audience. It's like back in the day when we had silent films.
Just being able to work with Mike Myers and everybody in the whole cast was a great experience. It was like a big party all the time.
Me being able to beat up Austin Powers? I mean, how great can that be?
Now I get to pick and choose exactly what I want to do.
People have a good time with all the catch phrases.
People say I'm such a nice person in normal life. It's good to take your frustrations out on the set. On camera and off.
There's nobody else that can double me - except for a doll.
There's times when you're having dinner with a good friend and you're in the middle of a conversation and somebody comes up and cuts you off. Can you sign this? Can I take a picture with you? I'm adjusting to all the attention.
We were doing the dance routine and I dislocated my knee. I've been doing stunts for a long time and it's kind of weird that I'd dislocate my knee just dancing.
What I really enjoy the most is seeing what the crowd likes. I enjoy making people laugh.
Verne was set to leave The Surreal Life on the first day of production. Chyna Doll (Joanie Laurer) moved her belongings into his special made room, prompting him to call it quits. The housemates talked Joanie who is the tallest in the house, into leaving the mini room, and Verne reluctantly agreed to stay.
Verne performs all of his own stuntwork.
Verne played a gorilla in the 1999 jungle movie Instinct.
Verne has worked as a telephone customer service representative, stunt player, and an actor.
Verne is involved with many different charity associatons, donating a lot of his time, energy and money.
Verne's favorite sport is college football, with his favorite team being the Michigan Wolverines.
Verne appeared in a commercial with Paula Abdul for Mini Klegs mini MP3 player, the world's smallest MP3 player, in 2004.
Verne appeared in a commercial with basketball great Yao Ming, for Apple Computers, in 2003.
Verne won an MTV Movie Award in 1999 for his role with Mike Meyers in Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me, as 'Best on Screen Duo'.
Verne is a frequent guest of Hugh Heffner's, at the Playboy mansion.
Verne appears in the music video "Tear It Off" by rap duo Method Man & Redman.
Verne reprises his role as Mini-Me in a commercial for Direct TV. (2006)
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