How I Slept My Way to the Middle: Secrets and Stories from Stage, Screen, and Interwebs (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780762780556)

One of Comedy Central's Top 100 Stand-Up Comedians of All Time, award-winning dramatic actor, and an internet pioneer, Kevin Pollak has done it all for thirty years and is ready to spill the beans. Best known for performances in A Few Good Men and The Usual Suspects, he shares never-before-heard stories of film legends like De Niro, Hanks, Howard, Lemon, Loren, Lucas, Martin, Mathau, Reiner, Scorcese, Singer, Willis, and more. He turned down his first invitation to do stand-up on The Tonight Show because he knew that he'd have a bigger impact if he sat next to Johnny instead of performing onstage. When he gambled for a spot on the most coveted couch in showbiz, he had no agent, no auditions, no prospects. But his gut was right: A year later, his first sit with the king of late night led to three visits a year, every year, until Carson retired. Now a new media entrepreneur, Pollak is laughing proof that you can do anything you want--except have a rational conversation with Rip Torn, who's an evil, paranoid $# %.

Author: Kevin Pollak, Alan Goldsher
ISBN-10: 076278055X
ISBN-13: 9780762780556
Publisher: Lyons Press
Language: English
Published: 11/06/2012
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2012
Shelf Awareness 11/20/2012