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Are you anybody? : a memoir  Cover Image Large Print Book Large Print Book

Are you anybody? : a memoir / Jeffrey Tambor, illustrations by Ben Barnes.

Tambor, Jeffrey, 1944- (author.). Barnes, Ben, (illustrator.).

Summary:

It's rare that an actor embodies even one memorable character over the arc of a career. Jeffrey Tambor has managed to create three, beginning with Hank "Hey Now!" Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show , the series created by Garry Shandling, Jeffrey's first mentor in television. He went on to find two more show creators, Mitch Hurwitz of Arrested Development and Jill Soloway of Transparent , who shared a love of actors and taught him a lot about acting along the way. Are You Anybody? is Tambor's chance to discuss his creative process and immense accomplishments from a life lived onscreen. Drawing from his formative childhood years, in which he describes himself as a fat Hungarian-Jewish kid with a lisp and a depressive father to how he drew inspiration from his life to create these characters, Tambor's memoir is funny, insightful, and uplifting, touching on comedy and the enduring chutzpah required to make it through life.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781524755621
  • ISBN: 1524755621
  • Physical Description: 354 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First large print edition.
  • Publisher: [New York] : Random House Large Print, [2017]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Red bowtie -- Are you anybody? -- Bar mitzvahed at gunpoint -- My story -- Sealed orders -- Scrambled eggs -- Troubadour -- Tambor's big break -- Lessons from unexpected masters -- Short answers to the question "Wow, what's it like to be you?" -- The twelve most embarrassing moments of my career -- Do it badly, or let's wreck it -- Dailies -- You must fail -- In thrall -- Fuck 'em -- Make 'em laugh, make her laugh -- No, no, no -- Old Mrs. Cohen -- Squeeze the cans -- Reading at the Greyhound bus terminal -- Unhappy hour -- Garry -- George and Oscar -- Waiting for Maura -- Circles.
Subject: Tambor, Jeffrey, 1944-
Television actors and actresses > Biography.
Genre: Large print books.
Autobiographies.

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