Henry Winkler
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
There are 25 actors started, 11 finished. I was one of three actors asked into the professional company. I now am making $172 a week. I am starting my dream. I am eight, thinking about being a professional actor. I am now being paid. I don't know. Then I got a $10 raise, went to one of the best repertory theaters in the country in Washington, DC. It was Moon Children. That was a cast.
Michael Tucker, Jill Eikenberry, Chris Guest, just on and on. Jimmy Woods.
Michael Tucker, Jill Eikenberry, Chris Guest, just on and on. Jimmy Woods.
Michael Tucker, Jill Eikenberry, Chris Guest, just on and on. Jimmy Woods.
I am in the bottom 3% academically in America.
I am in the bottom 3% academically in America.
I am in the bottom 3% academically in America.
Well, I was all just auditioning. It's just your ability to impress them as an actor.
Well, I was all just auditioning. It's just your ability to impress them as an actor.
Well, I was all just auditioning. It's just your ability to impress them as an actor.
That is a good question. I'm not sure. My standard answer is if people were born to try and do something, I was born to try and be an actor.
That is a good question. I'm not sure. My standard answer is if people were born to try and do something, I was born to try and be an actor.
That is a good question. I'm not sure. My standard answer is if people were born to try and do something, I was born to try and be an actor.
Did you guys go see a lot of shows? My parents encouraged me, not an iota. And my father brought a lumber business over from Germany. He imported. And he wanted me to do the same. He wanted me to take over the business. And my joke is he said to me, why do you think I bought the business over here? And I said, besides being chased by the Nazis, Dad, was there like a bigger reason?
Did you guys go see a lot of shows? My parents encouraged me, not an iota. And my father brought a lumber business over from Germany. He imported. And he wanted me to do the same. He wanted me to take over the business. And my joke is he said to me, why do you think I bought the business over here? And I said, besides being chased by the Nazis, Dad, was there like a bigger reason?
Did you guys go see a lot of shows? My parents encouraged me, not an iota. And my father brought a lumber business over from Germany. He imported. And he wanted me to do the same. He wanted me to take over the business. And my joke is he said to me, why do you think I bought the business over here? And I said, besides being chased by the Nazis, Dad, was there like a bigger reason?
Wow. My father asked his mother... and took my mother's jewelry, bought a box of chocolate, melted the chocolate, poured the chocolate over the jewelry, put it back in the box, put the box under his arm, and then got a work visa for six weeks. So when the Nazis said, are you taking anything of value? He said, no, open my bags, you check my pockets, I have nothing.