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Happy Accidents
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- “GOOD AUDIO CD'S IN LIBRARY CASE. WE SHIP DAILY!!!”
- ISBN
- 9781401326135
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- Audio Recording Downloadable
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Happy Accidents
- Publisher
- Hyperion Press
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Women, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Lgbt
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Hyperion Press
ISBN-10
1401326137
ISBN-13
9781401326135
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6038686495
Product Key Features
Publication Year
2011
Book Title
Happy Accidents
Topic
Women, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Lgbt
Language
English
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Format
Audio Recording Downloadable
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 In.
Item Length
5.8 In.
Item Width
5.2 In.
Item Weight
6.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
792.02/8092 B
Edition Description
Unabridged edition
Synopsis
Lynch, star of TV's hottest show "Glee," shares in this humorous memoir how she (a former Sue Sylvester) learned to relax, get out of her own way, and finally find happiness., In the summer of 1974, a fourteen-year-old girl in Dolton, Illinois, had a dream. A dream to become an actress, like her idols Ron Howard and Vicki Lawrence. But it was a long way from the South Side of Chicago to Hollywood, and it didn't help that she'd recently dropped out of the school play, The Ugly Duckling . Or that the Hollywood casting directors she wrote to replied that "professional training was a requirement." But the funny thing is, it all came true. Through a series of happy accidents, Jane Lynch created an improbable--and hilarious--path to success. In those early years, despite her dreams, she was also consumed with anxiety, feeling out of place in both her body and her family. To deal with her worries about her sexuality, she escaped in positive ways--such as joining a high school chorus not unlike the one in Glee --but also found destructive outlets. She started drinking almost every night her freshman year of high school and developed a mean and judgmental streak that turned her into a real-life Sue Sylvester. Then, at thirty-one, she started to get her life together. She was finally able to embrace her sexuality, come out to her parents, and quit drinking for good. Soon after, a Frosted Flakes commercial and a chance meeting in a coffee shop led to a role in the Christopher Guest movie Best in Show, which helped her get cast in The 40-Year-Old Virgin . Similar coincidences and chance meetings led to roles in movies starring Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, and even Meryl Streep in 2009's Julie & Julia . Then, of course, came the two lucky accidents that truly changed her life. Getting lost in a hotel led to an introduction to her future wife, Lara. Then, a series she'd signed up for abruptly got canceled, making it possible for her to take the role of Sue Sylvester in Glee , which made her a megastar. Today, Jane Lynch has finally found the contentment she thought she'd never have. Part comic memoir and part inspirational narrative, this is a book equally for the rabid Glee fan and for anyone who needs a new perspective on life, love, and success. THIS PROGRAM IS ENHANCED WITH PHOTOS FROM THE HARDCOVER WITH A FOREWORD BY CAROL BURNETT Excerpt from Happy Accidents : If I could go back in time and talk to my twenty-year-old self, the first thing I would say is: "Lose the perm." Secondly I would say: "Relax. Really. Just relax. Don't sweat it." I can't remember a time when I wasn't anxious and fearful that the parade would pass me by. And I was sure there was someone or something outside of myself with all the answers. I had a driving, anxiety-filled ambition. I wanted to be a working actor so badly. I wanted to belong and feel like I was valued and seen. Well, now I am a working actor, and I guarantee you it's not because I suffered or worried over it. As I look back, the road to where I am today has been a series of happy accidents I was either smart or stupid enough to take advantage of. I thought I had to have a plan, a strategy. Turns out I just had to be ready and willing to take chances, look at what's right in front of me, and put my heart into everything I do. All that anxiety and fear didn't help, nor did it fuel anything useful. My final piece of advice to twenty-year-old me: Be easy on your sweet self. And don't drink Miller Lite tall boys in the morning.
Number of Pages
256 pages
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