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A Life in Parts
- Narrated by: Bryan Cranston
- Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
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Bryan Cranston landed his first role at seven, when his father, a struggling actor and director, cast him in a commercial. Soon Bryan was haunting the local movie theater, reenacting scenes with his older brother. Acting was clearly his destiny - until one day his father disappeared.
As a young man on a classic cross-country motorcycle trip, he found himself stranded at a rest area in the Blue Ridge Mountains. To pass the time, he read a tattered copy of Hedda Gabler, and in a flash he found himself face-to-face with his original calling. Suddenly he thought this was what he would do with the rest of his life. Act.
In his riveting memoir, A Life in Parts, Cranston traces his journey from chaotic childhood to his dramatic epiphany to megastardom and a cultlike following by revisiting the many parts he's played on camera (astronaut, dentist, candy bar spokesperson, president of the United States, etc.) and off (paperboy, farmhand, dating consultant, murder suspect, son, brother, lover, husband, father).
With great humour and humility, Cranston chronicles his unlikely rise from a soap opera regular to a recurring spot on Seinfeld. He recalls his run as the well-meaning goofball, Hal, on Malcolm in the Middle, and he gives a bracing account of his challenging run on Broadway as President Lyndon Johnson, pushing himself to the limit as he prepared for a tour de force that would win him a Tony to accompany his four Emmys. And, of course, Cranston dives deep into the grittiest, most fascinating details of his greatest role, explaining how he searched inward for the personal darkness that would help him create one of the most riveting performances ever captured on screen: Walter White, chemistry teacher turned drug kingpin in Breaking Bad.
Discussing his failures as few men do, describing his work as few actors can, Cranston has much to say about innate talent and its benefits, challenges and proper maintenance, but ultimately A Life in Parts is about the necessity and transformative power of hard work.
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- Andyfee2
- 02-12-2022
Loved It
Listened to it over just 48 hours. Really enjoyed it
Love that it is the author reading it
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- Paul Butterfield
- 24-01-2023
couldn't stop listening
fantastic stories 👏
so well read and very insightful.
wish I loved my job as much as Mr Cranston
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- Peter H Brownlee
- 06-09-2020
Breaking Good
Great listen Well told A real perfectionist Proves we all have family issues 😊 😊 😊
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- Anonymous User
- 07-04-2018
Captivating, but you have to be in the mood.
Great listen read by the powerful yet soothing voice of hisenberg himself. A "share all" in every sense of the word. Could easily cast a cloud over your sunny day, allbeit an entertaining one.
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- 3sby
- 10-08-2017
My best audio book experience to date
Read by Cranston himself, a great voice to listen to, this was a great insight to his life. It explained that amazing roller scate scene with Colbert for instance... Really enjoyed this book a lot, thanks for sharing Bryan!
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- V. Stacey
- 23-05-2017
A True Celebrity
Humble Artist whom never lost sight once he found his truth. Thank you for sharing your personal story. X
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- Phillip
- 24-11-2016
Fantastic!
What an awesome story, fantastically told and delivered. Honest, gripping, entertaining - really fantastic work, I enjoyed every minute!
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- Chris
- 13-01-2017
Awesome! Loved it.
Great story and narration. I was hooked from the start. look forward to a squeal.
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- Jordan
- 14-02-2017
Great listen!
Interesting, engaging, at times thrilling. Great life story told by a great story teller, highly recommend!
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-08-2017
Awesome!!! Really great story
Bryan Cranston does a fantastic job telling the story of his life. This book was really engaging and enjoyable.
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