A Dumont actor was considered to be too stilted – the way we Dumont actors used to speak. Leon Askin Read Quote
Especially for my father it was a great change. He used to be a socialist and even a member of the socialist party. But then he became an orthodox Jew. Leon Askin Read Quote
1988 I also received from the city of Vienna the cross of honour for art and science. These titles and the various honors mean a great deal to me, most of all for the reason that they would mean a great deal to my parents too. Leon Askin Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
In the morning we received some very thin coffee. For lunch we had potato soup with a few pieces of meat in it, in the evening we had a very thin meat soup with some potatoes in it. Leon Askin Read Quote
I was put in the Air Corps. I was never educated to serve in the military, but soon my activities in the American Air Corps became very interesting to me. Leon Askin Read Quote
To be a Dumont actor was considered to be a great honor for an actor, yet it also had its disadvantages. Leon Askin Read Quote
The interest of my mother was more in the entertainment field. She loved to go to concerts and to the theatre. Leon Askin Read Quote
