A Life in Parts
eBook - ePub

A Life in Parts

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Life in Parts

About this book

"Nothing short of riveting...an engrossing first-person account by one of our finest actors" ( Huffington Post )—both a coming-of-age story and a meditation on creativity, devotion, and craft—Bryan Cranston, beloved and acclaimed star of one of history's most successful TV shows, Breaking Bad. Bryan Cranston began his acting career at the age of seven, when his father, a struggling actor and sometime director, cast him in a commercial for United Way. By fifth grade he was starring in the school play, spending hours at the local movie theater, and re-enacting favorite scenes with his brother in their living room. Cranston seemed destined to be an actor. But then his father left. And his family fell apart. Troubled by his father's missteps, Cranston abandoned his acting aspirations and resolved to pursue a steadier career in law enforcement. Then, on a two-year cross-country motorcycle journey, Cranston re-discovered his talent for acting and found his mission and his calling.In this "must-read memoir" ( The Philadelphia Inquirer ), Cranston traces the many roles he inhabited throughout his remarkable life, both on and off screen. For the first time he shares the story of his early years as an actor on the soap opera Loving, his recurring spots on Seinfeld, and his time as bumbling father Hal on Malcolm in the Middle, to his tour-de-force, Tony-winning performance as Lyndon Baines Johnson in Broadway's All the Way, to his most iconic role of all: Breaking Bad 's Walter White."An illuminating window into the actor's psyche" ( People ), Cranston has much to say about creativity, devotion, and craft, as well as innate talent and its challenges and benefits and proper maintenance. "By turns gritty, funny, and sad" ( Entertainment Weekly ), ultimately A Life in Parts is a story about the joy, the necessity, and the transformative power of simple hard work.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Epigraph
  4. Walter White
  5. Son
  6. The Outlaw Frank James
  7. Son
  8. Flea Marketeer
  9. Professor Flipnoodle
  10. Suitor
  11. Farmhand
  12. Paperboy
  13. Sneaky Pete
  14. Beast Feeder
  15. Housepainter
  16. Explorer
  17. Security Guard
  18. Minister
  19. Student
  20. Biker
  21. Suspect
  22. Vagabond
  23. Lifeguard
  24. Rainmaker
  25. Hypnotist
  26. Estranged Son
  27. Paul Bratter
  28. Cranston!
  29. Assistant to the Assistant to the Assistant
  30. Mars Bar Spokesperson
  31. Divorcé
  32. Dating Consultant
  33. Lover
  34. Bystander
  35. Doug Donovan
  36. Friend
  37. Leaver
  38. Murdering Maid
  39. Runner
  40. Bad Guy
  41. Punter
  42. Husband
  43. Honeymooner
  44. Dad
  45. Confessor
  46. Tim Whatley
  47. Lt. Gordon Denton
  48. Lance
  49. Patrick Crump
  50. Auditioner
  51. Composer
  52. Hal
  53. Son
  54. Unemployed Actor
  55. Walt
  56. Actor
  57. Heisenberg
  58. Producer
  59. Crime Victim
  60. Walt
  61. Celebrity
  62. Visitor
  63. Statistician
  64. Nephew
  65. Stepson
  66. Son
  67. Sibling
  68. Dad
  69. LBJ
  70. Acknowledgments
  71. About Bryan Cranston
  72. Copyright