“If anyone doubted Anjelica Huston’s ability to produce another captivating memoir, Watch Me will set them straight… Here, Huston delivers the goods… Winking at the past through the lens of time, Huston gamely drops her mysterious veneer to reveal a vulnerable girl with a perpetually breaking heart… Huston’s tireless fascination with the world is thrilling: She never gets bored, and neither do we.”
Description
Academy Award-winning actress Anjelica Huston’s “tireless fascination with the world is thrilling” (Elle), and Watch Me is an “elegant and entertaining” (Chicago Tribune) account of her seventeen-year love affair with Jack Nicholson, her rise to stardom, and her mastery of the craft of acting.
Picking up where her first memoir A Story Lately Told leaves off, Watch Me is a chronicle of Anjelica Huston’s glamorous and eventful Hollywood years. “With a conversational intimacy, inhabiting the role of the new best friend” (San Francisco Chronicle), she writes about falling in love with Jack Nicholson and her adventurous, turbulent, high-profile, spirited relationship with him and his intoxicating circle of friends.
She writes about learning how to act; about her Academy Award-winning portrayal of Maerose Prizzi in Prizzi’s Honor; about her collaborations with many of the greatest directors in Hollywood, including Woody Allen, Wes Anderson, Richard Condon, Bob Rafelson, Mike Nichols, and Stephen Frears. She movingly and beautifully describes the death of her father John Huston and her marriage to sculptor Robert Graham.
She is candid, mischievous, warm, passionate, funny, and a fabulous storyteller. Watch Me is a magnificent memoir “from a lady so simultaneously real, tough, vulnerable, privileged, and candid, I want to hear whatever she tells me” (Lisa Schwarzbaum, The New York Times Book Review).
Reviews
“Elegant and entertaining… What makes the book rewarding is the sheer grace of Huston’s prose. I can't think of another book by an actor that has the stylistic felicity of this one.”
“Readers will come away from Watch Me with admiration… Her new memoir is just juicy enough to satisfy gossip lovers. And yet there's an appealing reticence about Huston, a withholding that jibes with her regal bearing.”
“Huston’s fascinating life, superb storytelling skills, and generous heart are a winning blend that makes this book hard to put down. This memoir with both substance and flair is a must-read for Huston fans, those who enjoy film, and anyone who wishes to be entertained by a richly textured life well presented.”