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Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) Audiobook
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this collection of personal essays, the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and Parenthood reveals stories about life, love, and working as a woman in Hollywood—along with behind-the-scenes dispatches from the set of the new Gilmore Girls, where she plays the fast-talking Lorelai Gilmore once again. In Talking as Fast as I Can, Lauren Graham hits pause for a moment and looks back on her life, sharing laugh-out-loud stories about growing up, starting out as an actress, and, years later, sitting in her trailer on the Parenthood set and asking herself, “Did you, um, make it?” She opens up about the challenges of being single in Hollywood (“Strangers were worried about me; that’s how long I was single!”), the time she was asked to audition her butt for a role, and her experience being a judge on Project Runway (“It’s like I had a fashion-induced blackout”). In “What It Was Like, Part One,” Graham sits down for an epic Gilmore Girls marathon and reflects on being cast as the fast-talking Lorelai Gilmore. The essay “What It Was Like, Part Two” reveals how it felt to pick up the role again nine years later, and what doing so has meant to her. Some more things you will learn about Lauren: She once tried to go vegan just to bond with Ellen DeGeneres, she’s aware that meeting guys at awards shows has its pitfalls (“If you’re meeting someone for the first time after three hours of hair, makeup, and styling, you’ve already set the bar too high”), and she’s a card-carrying REI shopper (“My bungee cords now earn points!”). Including photos and excerpts from the diary Graham kept during the filming of the recent Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, this book is like a cozy night in, catching up with your best friend, laughing and swapping stories, and—of course—talking as fast as you can. Includes a PDF of Photos from the Book
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"Lauren Graham is totally AMAZING~!!! She manages to make you laugh deep belly laughs all the while touching deep emotions that are relate-able~!!! I highly recommend this book to anyone who is looking for some encouragement and a good laugh~!!!"
— Marika (5 out of 5 stars)
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“Essays from the actress and author, who dishes, with her trademark wit and whiplash delivery, on her return as Lorelei in Gilmore Girls.”
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“Narrating her own memoir, Lauren Graham sounds warm and dishy and genuine—she’s funny, smart, likable, and yes, she talks fast. It makes for a light and diverting audiobook…Anyone aspiring to a life in the creative arts could appreciate Graham’s hard-won wisdom after years of pursuing her acting dreams and facing the particular challenges of being a woman in Hollywood. An accompanying PDF with photos is referred to throughout the audio program, so be sure to have it handy while you’re listening.”
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A New York Times Bestseller
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A Los Angeles Times Pick of Best Audiobooks of 2016
Talking as Fast as I Can Listener Reviews
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Lucy Johnson, 2/10/2023
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asaf nahum, 10/9/2018
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" I enjoyed listening to Lauren Graham narrate her own book. "
— Loves to Read, 12/16/2016
About Lauren Graham
Lauren Graham is an actor, writer, and producer best known for her roles on the critically acclaimed series Gilmore Girls and Parenthood, and an executive producer on the Disney+ show The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, in which she also stars. She is the three-time New York Times bestselling author of several books. She has been a successful actor for nearly three decades, appearing in TV, film, and on Broadway. She holds a BA degree in English from Barnard College and an MFA in acting from Southern Methodist University.