During an appearance on the Today show, Henry Winkler opened up about his struggling days as an actor after his time on Happy Days came to an end. The sitcom ended in 1984, and the years that followed were a series of lows for the actor.
The 77-year-old revealed that his role as "The Fonz" made him become typecast as a leather-clad greaser.
"There were eight or nine years at a time when I couldn't get hired because I was 'The Fonz,' because I was typecast," he said.
With so many years of not being able to land a gig, Henry's mental health took a turn for the worse. He described the debilitating psychic pain he experienced.
"I didn't know where to find it, whatever it was, I didn't know what I was going to do," he said. "I had a family. I had a dog. I had a roof. Oh. My. God."
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Despite of all the challenges, Henry shared that he wouldn't change any of it.
"I don't know that I would've gotten here if I hadn't gone through the struggle."
