“The pictures—and stories—are intimate, mischievous, funny, and poignant. It's a rare self-portrait by an actor in an era when most are wary of revealing too much.” -TOWN & COUNTRY MAGAZINE"a fun, heartfelt, adorably catty collection of anecdotes and accompanying photographs from the entertainer's personal and professional life." -EDGE MEDI

- Title : You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams: My Life in Stories and Pictures
- Author : Alan Cumming
- Rating : 4.81 (982 Vote)
- Publish : 2014-9-29
- Format : Hardcover
- Pages : 272 Pages
- Asin : 0847849007
- Language : English
“The pictures—and stories—are intimate, mischievous, funny, and poignant. It's a rare self-portrait by an actor in an era when most are wary of revealing too much.” -TOWN & COUNTRY MAGAZINE"a fun, heartfelt, adorably catty collection of anecdotes and accompanying photographs from the entertainer's personal and professional life." -EDGE MEDIA NETWORK"A passion for photography has stayed with Cumming, all his life, and stage, film and television actor, has just released a book of 45 short essays accompanied by his photos." -SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE "Cumming’s witty and incisive essays cover everything from a cross-country road trip with his beloved dog Honey to an unforgettable encounter with Oprah, whose one-line response to one of Cumming’s friends became the title of his book." -DAILY FRONT ROWHe has also had an exhibition of his photographs, Alan Cumming Snaps! His day job is acting, and most recently he was seen on TV as Eli Gold in the CBS drama The Good Wife, on Broadway in his Tony Award–winning role as the Master of Ceremonies in Cabaret, and in concert, touring the world with his cabaret show, Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs, which was also released as a live album.
. To find out every single thing he’ s ever done, visit alancumming, and to find out what he’s doing on a daily basis follow @alancumming on Twitter and @alancummingsnaps on Instagram. Alan is also a loudmouth—sorry, activist—who believes that knowledge is power and equality is a right, not a privilege. AA magical concoction of the mischievous, tender, whimsical, and debauched real-life adventures of Alan Cumming, told in his own words and pictures. Described by the New York Times as “a bawdy countercultural sprite” and named one of the most fun people in show business by Time magazine, Alan Cumming is a genuine quadruple threat—an internationally acclaimed, award-winning star of stage, television, and film, as well as a New York Times best-selling author whose real-life vivacity, wit, and charm shine through every page of his third book, You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams. From an awkward bonding session with Elizabeth Taylor to poignant stories about his family and friends to some harsh words of wisdom imparted by Oprah that make up the title of this collection, You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams is as eclectic, enchanting, and alive as its author.. In these forty-five picture essays, Cumming recounts his real-life adventures (and often, misadventures), illustrated by his own equally entertaining photographsComer's TCP/IP book is the equivalent of the other authors' computer network books and in that respect it is pretty average. Amen"And this when he knew he hadn't long to live. When it came to the bottled bitters recipes, I was a bit let down. Wow, there's more to it than I thought. Now at the centenary of Arendt's birth she has written a tribute to her great teacher, in which she expounds on the major Arendtian ideas, on Arendt's conception of totalitarianism, on the value she placed on action in the world, on her sense of the value and meaning of 'thinking' even in terms of the prevention of Evil. This book is lyrical, written by someone in love with language, and compelling, written by someone digging for truth in himself and the world, though digging's not the word I want. Al's writes of his hyper awareness of walking away from white women as to not offend them, lest he be accused of rape, being slammed against a wall by 4-5 policemen in a case of mistaken identity, being accosted on his way to school accused of truancy, and his fear of being accidently killed as the writer/poet Henry Dumas (1934-1968).PHILOSOPHER OR DO

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