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

#evening #few #had #lunch #meat

A Dumont actor was considered to be too stilted - the way we Dumont actors used to speak. ↗

— Leon Askin

#considered #dumont #speak #too #used

At the end of my life, I have achieved belated fame and recognition in the city of my birth. ↗

— Leon Askin

#belated #birth #city #end #fame

Directors and producers were afraid of a Dumont actor while at the same time they admired him. ↗

— Leon Askin

#admired #afraid #directors #dumont #him

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

#change #especially #even #father #great

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

— Leon Askin

#i #knew #life #moment #profession

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

#air #american #became #corps #educated

It is a great deal of difference to receive an honorary title or a title in his profession. ↗

— Leon Askin

#difference #great #great deal #his #honorary

It was one of the great chances in my life to become a Dumont actor. ↗

— Leon Askin

#become #chances #dumont #great #life

My father was an ardent socialist for many years. ↗

— Leon Askin

#father #many #socialist #years