Why the Long Face?
eBook - ePub

Why the Long Face?

The Adventures of a Truly Independent Actor

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Why the Long Face?

The Adventures of a Truly Independent Actor

About this book

Craig Chester's witty and wry observations on his life and those who have occupied it come together to create this funny, sentimental, yet irreverent collection of essays. From the backroads of Texas to the boardrooms of Hollywood, Craig Chester is unabashedly honest about the pain and the unique rewards of remaining an outsider in an insider's world.
While his family prepares to watch the apocalypse from their rooftop with a bucket of KFC, Craig is trying to climb the social ladder at school by saving his neighbors from their sinful ways and speaking in tongues (with not-so-successful results). Along the way Craig experiences gender confusion at grade-school summer camp and has massive reconstructive surgery to correct his deformed teenage face, only to emerge and realize that Hollywood success isn't always measured in externals, but also in the machinations of the heart and how much you don't show. All along he expertly captures the feeling of what it's like to not always fit in—and have that be okay—with a comic timing that's tuned in to the heart and soul of trying to get by day to day.
His tales of life, from growing up in the Bible Belt to starring in nine films, prove that the average American life is anything but normal.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Table of Contents
  3. 1 - Where’s Your Top?
  4. 2 - The Queen of Outer Space
  5. 3 - The Tao of Poo
  6. 4 - Habbada Habbada
  7. 5 - Donuts Not Found at the Craft Service Table
  8. 6 - Why the Long Face?
  9. 7 - AIDS: The Musical!
  10. 8 - The Crying Game
  11. 9 - Well, That Was Different
  12. 10 - Chopped Liver
  13. 11 - The Prince of Darkness
  14. 12 - You’ll Never Eat Ass in This Town Again
  15. 13 - Smells Like Indie Spirit
  16. 14 - Chesters Roasting on an Open Fire
  17. 15 - Calling All Angles
  18. 16 - Legitimate Excuses
  19. 17 - Robert Reed
  20. Acknowledgments
  21. Copyright Page