Dyslexic Learner
Acting is a pretty difficult job, but it can be way worse when you have trouble reading the lines as Winkler did. The actor was dyslexic, which made the table reads and memorizations hard for him. He began relying on his ability to improvise comedy for shooting, which directors and producers loved. He was able to turn his disability to an advantage that benefitted the character and made him more real to viewers...
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