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How to Be an Empowered Dwarf in an Average-Sized World

How to Be an Empowered Dwarf in an Average-Sized World

Update: 2020-11-26
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Christophe Zajac-Denek is a successful podcaster, actor on shows like Twin Peaks, a drummer, stuntman and competitive surfer… and he happens to be a 4’4” dwarf. Listen as he shares with us in a beautiful, vulnerable show just what it’s like to be a little person in an average-sized world.

In speaking, we learned:

  • The realities of living in an average height world when you are a 4’4” man
  • The hard things about being a dwarf actor
  • Where little people get their confidence
  • Stories from his childhood
  • Why he’s a surfer (even though he’s from Detroit)
  • How he’s gotten along with the Southern California ‘boy’s club’ of surf culture
  • How he treats incidents of hate or social isolation
  • The community around dwarfism, and how he came to join it
  • What his dwarfism has taught him

May you find this show as inspiring as we did!

Suzanne & Debi

RESOURCES

I’m Kind of a Big Deal podcast on Apple

Christophe’s website

Christophe on LinkedIn

MORE ABOUT CHRISTOPHE

I'm an energetic and thoughtful individual who is genuinely curious by nature. I host and produce a podcast about people with dwarfism. The show is called I'm Kind of A Big Deal and creating it has given me the chance to connect with all types of different people, hone my recording chops, and creatively tell different people's stories. I come from a wide-ranging background ranging from touring musician, TV producer, actor/stuntman/entertainer, and project manager. Let's just say I've dipped my toes in several different ponds and they've all been fun and rewarding. Especially the time I landed a villainous role in David Lynch's Twin Peaks! 

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How to Be an Empowered Dwarf in an Average-Sized World

How to Be an Empowered Dwarf in an Average-Sized World

Suzanne Falter, Debi Granger, Christophe Zajac-Denek,