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title: "1 December 1941 Quotes By Leon Askin"
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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-askin/unfortunately-i-put-the-opening-date-on-the-5th-of-december-1941-and/)

[Leon Askin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-askin/)

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## More by Leon Askin

> [In the morning we received some very thin coffee. For lunch we had potato soup with a few pieces of meat in it, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-askin/in-the-morning-we-received-some-very-thin-coffee-for-lunch-we-had/)

[Leon Askin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-askin/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-askin/we-wanted-to-bring-the-political-situation-in-austria-on-stage/)

[Leon Askin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-askin/)

> [Directors and producers were afraid of a Dumont actor while at the same time they admired him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-askin/directors-and-producers-were-afraid-of-a-dumont-actor-while-at-the/)

[Leon Askin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-askin/)

> [It is a great deal of difference to receive an honorary title or a title in his profession.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-askin/it-is-a-great-deal-of-difference-to-receive-an-honorary-title-or-a/)

[Leon Askin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-askin/)

> [Unfortunately I put the opening date on the 5th of December 1941 and on the 7th of December the Japanese bombarded Pearl Harbour. My…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-askin/unfortunately-i-put-the-opening-date-on-the-5th-of-december-1941-and/)

[Leon Askin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-askin/)

> [To be a Dumont actor was considered to be a great honor for an actor, yet it also had its disadvantages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-askin/to-be-a-dumont-actor-was-considered-to-be-a-great-honor-for-an-actor/)

[Leon Askin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-askin/)

> [It was one of the great chances in my life to become a Dumont actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-askin/it-was-one-of-the-great-chances-in-my-life-to-become-a-dumont-actor/)

[Leon Askin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-askin/)

> [The interest of my mother was more in the entertainment field. She loved to go to concerts and to the theatre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-askin/the-interest-of-my-mother-was-more-in-the-entertainment-field-she/)

[Leon Askin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-askin/)

> [At the end of my life, I have achieved belated fame and recognition in the city of my birth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-askin/at-the-end-of-my-life-i-have-achieved-belated-fame-and-recognition-in/)

[Leon Askin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-askin/)

> [I was put in the Air Corps. I was never educated to serve in the military, but soon my activities in the American Air…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-askin/i-was-put-in-the-air-corps-i-was-never-educated-to-serve-in-the/)

[Leon Askin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-askin/)

> [Especially for my father it was a great change. He used to be a socialist and even a member of the socialist party. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-askin/especially-for-my-father-it-was-a-great-change-he-used-to-be-a/)

[Leon Askin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-askin/)

> [1988 I also received from the city of Vienna the cross of honour for art and science. These titles and the various honors mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-askin/1988-i-also-received-from-the-city-of-vienna-the-cross-of-honour-for/)

[Leon Askin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-askin/)

> [My father was an ardent socialist for many years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-askin/my-father-was-an-ardent-socialist-for-many-years/)

[Leon Askin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-askin/)

> [A Dumont actor was considered to be too stilted - the way we Dumont actors used to speak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-askin/a-dumont-actor-was-considered-to-be-too-stilted-the-way-we-dumont/)

[Leon Askin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-askin/)

> [From that moment on I knew my profession in life was and has remained until today an actor's life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-askin/from-that-moment-on-i-knew-my-profession-in-life-was-and-has-remained/)

[Leon Askin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-askin/)

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