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By far the smallest and skinniest boy in his class, Brooklyn’s Mario Bosco got used to being bullied he lost count of the number of times he was unceremoniously dumped in the official canada goose outlet garbage bin or pushed down the stairs.

But the pint https://www.fcvfrankfurt.de size schoolboy, who suffers from a rare illness limiting his growth, refused to canada goose outlet jackets let his tormentors get him down, embracing his differences canada goose outlet in usa and ultimately making Canada Goose online a showbiz career canada goose outlet parka out of them.

Now 42 but inside the body of a 14 year old child Bosco has written a memoir, «From Hopeless to Hollywood: The Mario Bosco Story,» which chronicles his journey with panhypopituitarism.

Mario Bosco has canada goose outlet shop a new book out, Hopeless to Hollywood.

«I truly look on my condition as a blessing,» says Bosco, who grew up in Midwood and now lives in Bensonhurst. «It opened up so many doors for me.»

These days, he works mostly as cheap canada goose a background or canada goose outlet new york city stand in artist, but he has hit the big time in shows as varied as «NYPD Blue» and «The Best Damn Sports Show Period,» as well as some «Jimmy Kimmel Live!» skits.

«I’ve had some amazing experiences and know lots of famous people,» he tells The Post proudly. «I feel like none of this would have happened if I hadn’t have looked and sounded different.»

Bosco’s story began with his birth in January 1973, when he baffled doctors because he refused to feed and wouldn’t grow. They later diagnosed panhypopituitarism, canada goose factory sale for which he was constantly treated throughout his childhood.

The sickly boy buy canada goose jacket spent the first 14 years of his life alternating between his Brooklyn home and Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, being injected with needles, fed through a tube and scrutinized by medical students.

«It was a horrible experience,» recalls Bosco. «I used to cower away from the nurses, thinking up every trick in the book not canada goose outlet to be the next kid to be stuck.»

One of his main comforts during that period was watching TV shows such as «Cheers,» which gave him a sense of escapism.

When he was out Canada Goose Outlet of the hospital, he spent time hanging around the NBC studio set of «The Cosby Show» in Midwood, where Bill Cosby took him under his wing and got him work as an extra.

This eventually led to a leading role playing a character much like himself in an episode of «NYPD Blue,» which Bosco traveled to Los Angeles to film in 1999.

A few years earlier, doctors had suggested Bosco take growth hormone containing testosterone in order to bring on puberty. But because he was establishing himself as an actor specializing in kids’ roles, he decided against it.

«At that time, my career in show business was just taking off, and I was doing commercials and bit parts in films,» says Bosco. «I thought, canada goose outlet toronto factory ‘Y’know, cheap Canada Goose my life ain’t that bad, and I’ve got something which I can hang onto.’

«I refused the hormones, because I always knew it would change who I was. I didn’t want to be a 4 foot 10 person looking Canada Goose Jackets and sounding like a man.»

The gamble paid off. His unique look has since landed him roles in sketches opposite Kelsey Grammar and canada goose coats Scott Baio, as well as stand in gigs for child actors in movies such as «The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3.»

«I have absolutely no regrets in life,» concludes Bosco, who splits his time between New York and LA, where most of his canada goose outlet online acting work canada goose outlet uk is. «I get up every morning, look canada Canada Goose Online goose outlet in the mirror, and canada goose outlet canada like what I see.».