16 Quotes by Leon Askin

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

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

My father was an ardent socialist for many years.

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.

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.

It was fascinating for me to drive with Lies through the country roads. I also got to know Vienna again by driving through my home town by car.

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.