Henry grew up with "a high level of low self-esteem." Throughout elementary school and high school, he struggled with academics. This was due to what he would later identify as dyslexia.
Henry Winkler
His
Story
"We have to teach children how they can learn, not what we think they should learn"
"How we learn has nothing to do with how brilliant we are."
disability and succeeded in a higher education. His top priority was to become an actor. However, if this was unsuccessful, he wanted to become a child psychologist because of his deep interest in working with children. Like many other actors, he began his career by appearing in 30 commercials. He is an actor but also a inspirational speaker talking about his story.
His parents wanted him to work in their lumber company, but thats not what Henry wanted. Henry found acting to be what makes him happy. He started acting in the eighth grade when he played the role of Billy Budd in the school play. Henry graduated even though he had a learning