Kiss me like a stranger : my search for love and art
The comic actor shares personal events that led to his understanding of love and the art of acting, discussing his relationships with such contemporaries as Mel Brooks, Richard Pryor, and Gilda Radner
Autobiography
261 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780312337063, 9780312337070, 031233706X, 0312337078
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First movement
Can a few words change your life?
"Take me."
The "demon" arrives
My heart is not in the Highlands
A Yank at the Old Vic
Shades of gray
Don Juan in New York
The worst of times, the best of times
Mother Courage
A taste of freedom
The King is dead. Long live the King!
"Free at last, free at last. Thank Margie Wallis, I'm free at last"
"Sorry I caught you with the old lady"
Second movement: Springtime for Hitler
Black is my favorite color
"I have a reason-I just don't know what it is"
New York, New York
The birth of a monster
Le petit prince
Sherlock Holmes has a Jewish brother
Crisis in black and white
Leo Bloom has his picture taken
Sidney Poitier and I go stir-crazy
Hanky-panky with Roseanne Roseannadanna
I don't believe in fate
Third movement
Comedienne-ballerina 1946-1989
It's always something
Stolen kisses
Includes index