Unfortunately I put the opening date on the 5th of December 1941 and on the 7th of December the Japanese bombarded Pearl Harbour. My dream of a theater in Washington D.C. came to a prompt end. — Leon Askin Copy Share Image
In the morning we received some very thin coffee. For lunch we had potato soup with a few pieces of meat in it, in… — Leon Askin Copy Share
We wanted to bring the political situation in Austria on stage. Naturally we could not do that without pointing to Austrian's northern neighbor Germany. — Leon Askin Copy Share
Directors and producers were afraid of a Dumont actor while at the same time they admired him. — Leon Askin Copy Share
It is a great deal of difference to receive an honorary title or a title in his profession. — Leon Askin Copy Share
Unfortunately I put the opening date on the 5th of December 1941 and on the 7th of December the Japanese bombarded Pearl Harbour. My… — Leon Askin Copy Share
To be a Dumont actor was considered to be a great honor for an actor, yet it also had its disadvantages. — Leon Askin Copy Share
The interest of my mother was more in the entertainment field. She loved to go to concerts and to the theatre. — Leon Askin Copy Share
At the end of my life, I have achieved belated fame and recognition in the city of my birth. — Leon Askin Copy Share
I was put in the Air Corps. I was never educated to serve in the military, but soon my activities in the American Air… — Leon Askin Copy Share
Especially for my father it was a great change. He used to be a socialist and even a member of the socialist party. But… — Leon Askin Copy Share
1988 I also received from the city of Vienna the cross of honour for art and science. These titles and the various honors mean… — Leon Askin Copy Share
A Dumont actor was considered to be too stilted - the way we Dumont actors used to speak. — Leon Askin Copy Share
From that moment on I knew my profession in life was and has remained until today an actor's life. — Leon Askin Copy Share
