Henry Winkler has played a wide variety of characters over his 54-year credited acting career, portraying everyone from an unexpected dinner party guest in a 1973 Mary Tyler Moore Show episode to tough guy Fonzie on Happy Days to hapless lawyer Barry Zuckerman in Arrested Development. He even won an Emmy for his role as Gene Cousineau on HBO’s Barry.
But when asked to pick a favorite, Winkler, 81, admitted that part hasn’t come to him yet.
In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Winkler was asked, “Of all the characters you played, which one has been the most fun to inhabit?”
Winkler’s response? “The next one I do.”
“I don’t have a favorite,” the actor continued. “I love doing every one of them. I am living the dream I had on 78th and Broadway, and it never escapes me.”
Winkler remains extremely humbled decades after landing his breakout role on Happy Days in 1974. He told ET he didn’t hesitate to voice a potoo bird named Nigel in the upcoming Disney animated movie, Hexed.
When asked, “What was it about Nigel that made you want to take this role?,” Winkler didn’t miss a beat.
“I’ll tell you exactly,” he said. “They asked.”
Winkler once compared picking a favorite role from his long TV and film career to being asked to pick a favorite child.
“This is the absolute truth, I don’t have a favorite,” he told Daily Actor in 2011. “Every time I think of a project, I always think, ‘Wow, this is great, no, no, no, this one is great.’ It’s like my children; I don’t have a favorite.“
Winkler explained that he lives his life filled with gratitude for all that has come his way.
“I wanted to do this since I was seven; I’m actually still doing it and I earn a living doing this. I am so grateful I don’t even know how to explain it to you,” he shared.
The happy days legend further explained that “tenacity” helped him get where he wanted to go and “gratitude” allowed him to “not to be angry” when he got there.
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