In his memoir Being Henry: The Fonz…And Beyond, Henry Winkler shares that he struggled at table reads for years, particularly those for Happy Days, until he received a severe dyslexia diagnosis.In the book, per CNN, Winkler recounts difficulties with spelling, reading, and basic math until he was thirty-five, which was when he was given his diagnosis. He felt he was “constantly failing to give the right cue line, which would then screw up the joke for the person doing the scene with me,” and that, “Meanwhile, the other actors would be waiting, staring at me: it was humiliating and shameful.”Even though he was nominated for several awards during his pre-diagnosis period, Winkler says, “…at the height of my fame and success, I felt embarrassed [and] inadequate,” but he did have support from the rest of the Happy Days cast, saying, “Everybody in the cast was warm and supportive, but I constantly felt I was letting them down.” Eventually, Winkler was diagnosed with severe dyslexia, and though at first he felt nothing but anger, he fought to move past the anger into acceptance.Related: Barry: Gene Cousineau’s Ego Could Finally Unleash [Spoiler]’s Dark Side
In his memoir Being Henry: The Fonz…And Beyond, Henry Winkler shares that he struggled at table reads for years, particularly those for Happy Days, until he received a severe dyslexia diagnosis.
In the book, per CNN, Winkler recounts difficulties with spelling, reading, and basic math until he was thirty-five, which was when he was given his diagnosis. He felt he was “constantly failing to give the right cue line, which would then screw up the joke for the person doing the scene with me,” and that, “Meanwhile, the other actors would be waiting, staring at me: it was humiliating and shameful.”
Even though he was nominated for several awards during his pre-diagnosis period, Winkler says, “…at the height of my fame and success, I felt embarrassed [and] inadequate,” but he did have support from the rest of the Happy Days cast, saying, “Everybody in the cast was warm and supportive, but I constantly felt I was letting them down.” Eventually, Winkler was diagnosed with severe dyslexia, and though at first he felt nothing but anger, he fought to move past the anger into acceptance.
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