In this collection of personal essays, the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and Parenthood reveals stories about life, love, and working as a woman in Hollywood—along with behind-the-scenes dispatches from the set of the new Gilmore Girls, where she plays the fast-talking Lorelai Gilmore once again.
In Talking as Fast as I Can, Lauren Graham hits pause for a moment and looks back on her life, sharing laugh-out-loud stories about growing up, starting out as an actress, and, years later, sitting in her trailer on the Parenthood set and asking herself, “Did you, um, make it?” She opens up about the challenges of being single in Hollywood (“Strangers were worried about me; that’s how long I was single!”), the time she was asked to audition her butt for a role, and her experience being a judge on Project Runway (“It’s like I had a fashion-induced blackout”).
In “What It Was Like, Part One,” Graham sits down for an epic Gilmore Girls marathon and reflects on being cast as the fast-talking Lorelai Gilmore. The essay “What It Was Like, Part Two” reveals how it felt to pick up the role again nine years later, and what doing so has meant to her.
Some more things you will learn about Lauren: She once tried to go vegan just to bond with Ellen DeGeneres, she’s aware that meeting guys at awards shows has its pitfalls (“If you’re meeting someone for the first time after three hours of hair, makeup, and styling, you’ve already set the bar too high”), and she’s a card-carrying REI shopper (“My bungee cords now earn points!”).
Including photos and excerpts from the diary Graham kept during the filming of the recent Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, this book is like a cozy night in, catching up with your best friend, laughing and swapping stories, and—of course—talking as fast as you can.
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0 有用 雲水 2023-09-01 05:32:39 荷兰
看记录发现自己两年前就借了这本书,但是当时对作者毫不了解,完全看不下去。看完了Gilmore Girls做功课的时候才发现主角还出了好几本书,这是其中最畅销的一本,有context在,再读就都make sense了,所以其实还是一本写给粉丝的书,书中披露了一些GG的幕后故事,但是太少了,会写应该多写点嘛。
1 有用 farewell 2019-04-26 01:52:52
我没看过Gilmore Girls, overdrive上偶然借到,不过不影响我喜欢这本书,一定要听audiobook。
0 有用 Methodolody 2018-01-11 15:42:22
Gilmore Girls 情结
0 有用 林加鱼 2020-10-10 09:35:37
Audiobook很合适…当自己比较丧的时候,听听这种笑着说出自己故事的可能就还挺cheer的…印象很深的是Lauren去读drama school的时候,发现身边同学年纪都很大,然后很惊讶地问他们难道都不对自己的人生着急吗…可能因为自己也在当下的状态,所以就会更有感触吧哈哈,包括她说的那段各种打工付房租的日子…然而我并没有看过Gilmore Girls,所以说剧情的那章真的一头雾水哈哈哈,更何况... Audiobook很合适…当自己比较丧的时候,听听这种笑着说出自己故事的可能就还挺cheer的…印象很深的是Lauren去读drama school的时候,发现身边同学年纪都很大,然后很惊讶地问他们难道都不对自己的人生着急吗…可能因为自己也在当下的状态,所以就会更有感触吧哈哈,包括她说的那段各种打工付房租的日子…然而我并没有看过Gilmore Girls,所以说剧情的那章真的一头雾水哈哈哈,更何况我还看不到书里面的插图… (展开)
1 有用 瑞尔 2018-04-23 21:06:47
Lots of LOL moments. Would give it five stars if I were more than a (very) casual viewer of Gilmore Girls.