Quote

To me acting is like a jigsaw puzzle. The jigsaw puzzle is of the sky and all the pieces are blue. Out of this you have to create a human being and put it together.

Henry Winkler

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Henry Winkler
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: October 30
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Television Producer
Voice Actor
Writer
Manhattan borough
New York City
Henry Franklin Winkler
the Fonz
Like
Sky
Blue
Pieces
Create
Acting
Together
Jigsaw
Human
Puzzle
Humans
Puzzles

More quotes by Henry Winkler

Image
Wes Craven is a wonderful friend, and we had a really good time together.
Henry Winkler
Image
Music takes us where words cannot.
Henry Winkler
Image
In school, I was an underachiever.
Henry Winkler
Image
Boston is large enough to learn your independence and small enough to make your own.
Henry Winkler
Image
Your mind knows only some things. Your inner voice, your instinct, knows everything. If you listen to what you know instinctively, it will always lead you down the right path.
Henry Winkler
Image
There is a whole other generation that knows me from Arrested Development Scream and, of course, Happy Days.
Henry Winkler
Image
I don't understand what I do, I just know that it's great.
Henry Winkler
Image
As a child, I was called stupid and lazy. On the SAT I got 159 out of 800 in math. My parents had no idea that I had a learning disability.
Henry Winkler
Image
To have people like my work, even if it's my old work, I can't ask for nothing nicer than that.
Henry Winkler
Image
The theater of my mind has a seating capacity of just one, and its sold out for all performances.
Henry Winkler
Image
Assumptions are the termites of relationships.
Henry Winkler
Image
You cannot assume that somebody can define you. You cannot assume that the other person is right. No matter how they say it to you, no matter with how much force they say, ‘Oh my god, you’ll never make it oh my god, you’re not bright you could never do this’—that’s one person. I can’t tell you how many people told me I would never be an actor.
Henry Winkler
Image
The strangest thing [to sign] has to be parts of [fan's] anatomy. But mostly female.
Henry Winkler
Image
Producing is the hardest of the three because there is almost no closure. Every time you solve a problem, another one pops up. Directing is second, and acting is the most fun.
Henry Winkler
Image
Somebody said, 'Hey, there is a lull in your career. Why don't you write books about your [dyslexia]?' We are currently writing our 34th novel.
Henry Winkler
Image
Somebody asked me if I could go back and start again with a different brain, would I. Years ago I thought yes, I would, and now I know I wouldn't. Because whatever challenges I had in school, I guess they forced me to where I am today. So I now see them as an asset.
Henry Winkler
Image
I never knew that [Hank Zipzer] would happen in my life. It is one of the greatest things. It is like a gift from God.
Henry Winkler
Image
A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself.
Henry Winkler
Image
How you learn has nothing to do with how brilliant you are.
Henry Winkler
Image
Ten out of ten people die, so don't take life too seriously.
Henry Winkler