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Beloved TV icon status?
Characters wardrobe in the Smithsonian?
Respected career producing classic TV shows?
An Emmy for his acting performance?
Finally, for Henry Winkler, check!
I was 27 when I started doing the Fonz.
Im now 72, and Im standing right here in front of you with [an Emmy].
Im a record-breaker, Winkler said.
I think that I have the longest drought between nominations of anyone in the Academy.
I think over 7,400 people have been nominated between my last and tonight.
I literally saw the room.
And it was great!
And my brain was racing a mile a minute …
It was just so warm and supportive.
And I forgot that.
I was so thrilled, said Bill Hader, the star and co-creator ofBarry, of Winklers victory.
And to see him up there, it was nice.
Being a star has nothing to do with why we do what we do, he said.
Be honest about your ability.
Prepare so that you are not a flash in the pan.
When I first started here in Hollywood in 1973, I thought of myself as a tree.
And what a great tree it is.
Its not going in the bathroom.
Maybe right next to my bed.
Additional reporting by Taylor Ferber.
