Anjelica Huston

Watch Me: A Memoir - A Hollywood Memoir Anjelica Huston

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Picking up where A Story Lately Told leaves off, when Anjelica Huston is 22 years old, Watch Me is a chronicle of her glamorous and eventful Hollywood years. She writes about falling in love with Jack Nicholson and her adventurous, turbulent, high-profile, spirited 17-year relationship with him and his intoxicating circle of friends. She writes about learning how to act, about her Academy Award-winning portrayal of Maerose Prizzi in Prizzi's Honor, about her collaborations with many of the greatest directors in Hollywood, including Wes Anderson, Richard Condon, Bob Rafelson, Mike Nichols, and Stephen Frears. She movingly and beautifully writes about the death of her father John Huston and her marriage to sculptor Robert Graham. She is candid, mischievous, warm, passionate, funny, and a fabulous story teller--; Provided by publisher. Publisher Marketing: Academy Award-winning actress Huston's "tireless fascination with the world is thrilling..." ("Elle"), and "Watch Me" is an "elegant and entertaining" ("Chicago Tribune") account of her seventeen-year love affair with Jack Nicholson, her rise to stardom, and her mastery of the craft of acting. Picking up where her first memoir" A Story Lately Told" leaves off, "Watch Me" is a chronicle of Anjelica Huston's glamorous and eventful Hollywood years. "With a conversational intimacy, inhabiting the role of the new best friend" ("San Francisco Chronicle"), she writes about falling in love with Jack Nicholson and her adventurous, turbulent, high-profile, spirited relationship with him and his intoxicating circle of friends. She writes about learning how to act; about her Academy Award-winning portrayal of Maerose Prizzi in "Prizzi's Honor"; about her collaborations with many of the greatest directors in Hollywood, including Woody Allen, Wes Anderson, Richard Condon, Bob Rafelson, Mike Nichols, and Stephen Frears. She movingly and beautifully describes the death of her father John Huston and her marriage to sculptor Robert Graham. She is candid, mischievous, warm, passionate, funny, and a fabulous storyteller. "Watch Me" is a magnificent memoir "from a lady so simultaneously real, tough, vulnerable, privileged and candid, I want to hear whatever she tells me" (Lisa Schwarzbaum, "The New York Times Book Review"). Review Citations: Library Journal 03/01/2015 pg. 59 (EAN 9781442372702, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review Audio File 04/01/2015 pg. 37 (EAN 9781442372702, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/15/2014 pg. 62 (EAN 9781476760346, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2014 (EAN 9781476760346, Hardcover) Booklist 11/01/2014 pg. 20 (EAN 9781476760346, Hardcover) Library Journal 11/15/2014 pg. 86 (EAN 9781476760346, Hardcover) - *Starred Review New York Times Book Review 12/07/2014 pg. 77 (EAN 9781476760346, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 01/05/2015 (EAN 9781476760346, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Contributor Bio:  Huston, Anjelica Academy Award-winning actress and director Anjelica Huston has received honors from the National Society of Film Critics; the Independent Spirit Awards; a Golden Globe Award; as well as multiple Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Emmy awards or nominations. Anjelica most recently starred on the hit TV show "Smash." She is the author of the memoirs A Story Lately Told" and Watch Me".