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

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.

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.

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.

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