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NPR's Book of the Day

Henry Winkler and Arnold Schwarzenegger's memoirs open up about the fear of failing

NPR's Book of the Day

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Arts, Books

4.2672 Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Today's episode features interviews with two giants in pop culture who get very real about the pitfalls in their personal and professional lives. First, NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Henry Winkler about his new memoir, Being Henry, and how his overnight stardom as The Fonz on Happy Days was followed by a long lack of acting roles. Then, NPR's A Martinez chats with Arnold Schwarzenegger about his book Be Useful, and the men in his life who taught him the importance of helping others.

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0:00.0

Hey, it's NPR's Book of the Day. I'm Andrew Limbaugh. All right, I'm sorry for making a stupidly obvious point, but get this, actors are not the people that play on screen.

0:12.7

Like I said, it's a ridiculously obvious point, but in my defense, the whole job of an actor is to trick you into forgetting that.

0:20.4

And today, we've got two actors who got

0:22.3

famous showcasing like one particular side of hypermasculinity, but it's meant the back half

0:28.8

complicating that legacy somewhat. In a bit, we'll hear Arnold Schwarzenegger talk about some

0:33.6

of the big failures he's had in his life. But first, Henry Winkler, aka the Fons,

0:38.9

aka probably the reason why I have a black leather motorcycle jacket,

0:43.0

even though I've never been on a motorcycle.

0:45.6

He talked to NPR Scott Detrow about his new memoir, titled Being Henry,

0:49.5

and how he wouldn't have been able to do his role in Barry

0:52.6

if it wasn't for some therapy.

0:54.8

That's after the break.

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