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 enlarge | Author: James Lipton
Publisher: NAL Trade
Category: Book
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Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 44546
Media: Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 512
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 1.5
ISBN: 0451225015
Dewey Decimal Number: 792.02807117471
EAN: 9780451225016
ASIN: 0451225015
Publication Date: October 7, 2008
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Product Description
An unqualified hit (Library Journal) that offers behind-the-scenes close-ups of hundreds of celebrated artists from the founder and host of Inside the Actors Studio.
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Where is Mickey Rourke? December 12, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Many people wonder why Mickey Rourke has never been on the show. He is one of the iconic grads of the school. The book and the show are not complete until the Rourke show occurs.
Fine Book Demoted for Lack of Index December 3, 2008
This is one of the name-droppingest books you will ever read. Lipton by virtue of his distinguished career and the stellar roster of guests on "Inside the Actors Studio" has earned the right to drop those names. Books like this deserve, nay, require an index. But the publisher cheaped out. Saving paper? Editorial cost? Computer time? Who knows? But it's a near fatal omission.
There's a great Bob Hope anecdote in there somewhere. Damned if I can find it again.
 I wish i could write like Todd Babcock... November 24, 2008
His review said everything I was thinking but I would not be able to express. Thank you for your beautifully written and insightful analysis of this fascinating book. Mr. Lipton left me wanting more details of his life. What fun it would be to have a month of dinners with Mr. Lipton. Just as it has been lovely spending these years with him on TV. It was grand spending time reading this book.
 Will Farrell could have written a better book about James Lipton November 16, 2008
Oh, how James Lipton loves James Lipton. I'm glad he loves his wife, but the fawning got a bit excessive. He never mentions he was married before, except to mention in passing that at a party he met the famous actress Nina Foch, who became a "lifelong friend". He failed to mention they were married for five years!
What really shocked me was when I saw the recent "Inside the Actors Studio" 200th show special where Dave Chapelle interviewed James Lipton. In the show, Lipton mentions quite a few anecdotes from his life - and it turns out his verbage in the show was *exactly the same* as what he used in the book. Word for word. That was sort of creepy and showed a lack of imagination - try to change up the wording a bit next time, eh?
Will Farrell, where are you when we need you?
The James Lipton Ego Trip October 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I agree completely with the reviewer who stated Lipton is pompous and pedantic. This book is mostly Lipton's autobiography interspersed with a bits of material about the actors who appeared on "Inside the Actor's Studio". Who wants to read about Lipton's inconsequential life, his Oedipal adoration of his mother and his obsession with a wife who is much too attractive for him? At length, he describes producing the annual Bob Hope Specials and the Jimmy Carter celebration at the Kennedy Center. Big deal; ancient history and not interesting. I bought this book to read about actors. He basically quotes the transcripts of the "Inside the Actor's Studio" programs, which we've all SEEN. A big waste of your time and money.
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