Leon Askin Quotes

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

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

To be a Dumont actor was considered to be a great honor for an actor, yet it also had its disadvantages. - Leon Askin

The interest of my mother was more in the entertainment field. She loved to go to concerts and to the theatre. - Leon Askin

My father was an ardent socialist for many years. - Leon Askin

It was one of the great chances in my life to become a Dumont actor. - 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 the evening we had a very thin meat soup with some potatoes in it. - 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 Corps became very interesting to me. - Leon Askin

From that moment on I knew my profession in life was and has remained until today an actor's life. - Leon Askin

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