Regular readers of this blog likely will have noticed that we have had little information here on the Amish, and even less on Verne Troyer. Which is why we are delighted this morning to address both circumstances in a single post.

It turns out that the actor, best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers movies, grew up around the Amish. Even considers himself ex-Amish, in a way.

“I used to be Amish,” Troyer tells something called Bang Showbiz. “I had to stay a lot with my grandparents or aunts and uncles who are Amish, so I was sort of partially Amish. When I go back there now I still get into that culture. I can drive a horse and buggy because they don't use cars. And, of course, there's no electricity. I respect them a lot. The Amish like to live a very plain lifestyle, the way they think God intended. It sort of brings you back to like 'Little House on the Prairie' days or something."