03558cam a2200337 4500 592443028 TxAuBib 20220527120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781508226338 1508226334 b6d92d28-00f2-47c6-a033-673c25c1285f OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2698500 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Cranston, Bryan, 1956- A Life in Parts [Libby]. Simon & Schuster Audio, 2016. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 244MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 244MB. Biography & Autobiography. Performing Arts. Nonfiction. HTML:<b>Winner of the 2017 Audie Award for Narration by the Author</b><br /> <b>"Nothing short of riveting...an engrossing first-person account by one of our finest actors" (<i>Huffington Post</i>)—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, <i>Breaking Bad.</i></b><br /> 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.<br /> <br /> In this "must-read memoir" (<i>The</i> <i>Philadelphia Inquirer</i>), 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 <i>Loving,</i> his recurring spots on <i>Seinfeld</i>, and his time as bumbling father Hal on <i>Malcolm in the Middle,</i> to his tour-de-force, Tony-winning performance as Lyndon Baines Johnson in Broadway's <i>All the Way</i>, to his most iconic role of all: <i>Breaking Bad</i>'s Walter White.<br /> <br /> "An illuminating window into the actor's psyche" (<i>People</i>), 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" (<i>Entertainment Weekly</i>), ultimately <i>A Life in Parts</i> is a story about the joy, the necessity, and the transformative power of simple hard work. Media Type: Audiobook. Audie Award. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-26 20:00:02. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/5054-1/2698500-ALifeInParts.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b6d92d28-00f2-47c6-a033-673c25c1285f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/5054-1/2698500-ALifeInParts.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b6d92d28-00f2-47c6-a033-673c25c1285f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) TXBVM