Burt reynolds biography book

  • A scandalous, sentimental, no-holds-barred, New York Times bestselling memoir from one of Hollywood's most legendary stars.
  • One of America's most famous celebrities, a movie and television star, offers an honest and revealing portrait of his life and career, reviewing his many loves.
  • Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. was an American actor most famous during the s and s.

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    But Enough About Me

    In But Enough About Me, legendary film actor and Hollywood superstar Burt Reynolds recalls the people who shaped his life and career, for better or for worse. From Robert Altman, Cary Grant, Clint Eastwood and Robert Mitchum to Bette Davis, Marlon Brando, Woody Allen and Kirsty Alley, Burt pays homage to those he loves and respected, acknowledges those who've stayed loyal, and calls out the assholes he can't forgive.

    Recalling his life and career spanning over 50 glorious years, the legendary actor gives special attention to the two great loves of his life, Dinah Shore and Sally Field, his son, Quinton, as well as to the countless people who got in his way on his journey to Hollywood domination. With chapters on his early childhood, how he discovered acting, played poker with Frank Sinatra, received directing advice from Orson Welles, his golden years in Hollywood, his comeback in the late s, and how his life and art led him to found the Burt Reynolds I

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    My Life

    November 20,
    It was certainly entertaining! It’s sort of the Hollywood version of Wilt Chamberlain’s biography and I’d suggest taking it with many grains of salt.

    If you’re looking for anything fact-based or any semblance of modesty, go elsewhere. But if you want to hear a bunch of wild Hollywood stories and learn about what’s inside his head, this is the book for you.

    Burt Reynolds lived quite the life and came from humble beginnings. I suspect many of his stories are exaggerated or even completely fabricated, this is a man whose brain changed with Hollywood, who had come to believe he is the same invincible characters he portrays on the screen. It’s a little sad but also a little charming from a distance. On one hand I feel bad for all the women he’s gone through, but on the other hand they knew exactly what they were getting into and most came back for seconds and thirds. He of course gives his side of the story and it’s never his fault with any of his ex-wives or fli

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    #QandA with Irish Writer Wayne Byrne | #NewRelease Burt Reynolds On Screen | #Filmography @DiCilloBook

    &#;Wayne deeply loves Burt’s work and he has put together a brilliant book on a true artist and great man. Burt would have loved Wayne’s heartfelt tribute to his career.&#;
    &#; Nick McLean Sr. (Sharky&#;s Machine, The Goonies, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Friends)


    Today it is a great pleasure to welcome Wayne Byrne back to my blog chatting about his latest venture, a book that is very close to his heart, Burt Reynolds on Screen. Many of us never get the opportunity to get such close tillgång to our heroes but Wayne has been very lucky indeed. Wayne fryst vatten an Irish writer and author but is also a librarian and a journalist for Hot Press Magazine.

    Burt Reynolds on Screen will be published later this year with McFarland & Company. As the first critical overview of Reynolds’ work, it will be an absolute treat for all with an interest in filmography and of course in