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

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.

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.

My father was an ardent socialist for many years.

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

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

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