Lawrence Grobel

Entrevistas que reproducen conversaciones memorables sobre el proceso de la escritura y los escritores.

Pacino creció compartiendo las tres habitaciones de un piso del Bronx con otras nueve personas, en lo que más tarde describiría como «la niñez de un Huckleberry Finn de Nueva York». Comenzó a beber a

Marlon Brando ha sido considerado como el mejor actor del siglo XX, el actor por antonomasia. Un ser excéntrico y extraño, pero también, genial y extremadamente humano. En definitiva, la expresión máxima de lo que entendemos como un espíritu libre, constituido en auténtico mito del cine. Sin duda, una obra única y especial, por tratarse de un documento de primera mano en el que Marlon Brando se expresa de manera directa y sin tapujos acerca de un repertorio inacabable de temas y cuestiones de plena actualidad.

En estas extraordinarias conversaciones el lector queda atrapado por la inteligencia, el ingenio y el descaro de Truman Capote, del que se ha dicho que convirtió la charla en un arte y el chismorreo en literatura. Aqui el autor se despacha sobre personajes a los que conocio, como Norman Mailer, Marilyn Monroe, Jack Kennedy, Jacqueline Onassis, Marlon Brando, Tom Wolfe, Tennessee Williams, Lee Oswald, Mick Jagger, Montgomery Clift, Malcolm Lowry, James Dean y Elizabeth Taylor, de quienes a menudo revela singulares anecdotas. Pero tambien nos informa de si mismo con la misma franqueza: acerca de su infancia, su exito precoz con Otras voces, otros ambitos, sus problemas con las drogas y el alcohol, su homosexualidad, su relacion con la escritura (resulta particularmente apasionante la historia de la redaccion de A sangre fria y sus impagables opiniones sobre sus colegas.

Durante más de un cuarto de siglo, Al Pacino ha conversado con profundidad y franqueza con Lawrence Grobel, el único que logró entrevistar a Marlon Brando y a Capote. Aquí están estas conversaciones completas y las observaciones compartidas por el actor y el escritor; el resultado es una mirada intima y reveladora a uno de los artistas mas reservados del mundo. Pacino crecio compartiendo las tres habitaciones de un piso del Bronx con otras nueve personas. Comenzo a beber a los trece años. Poco despues de ser admitido en la renombrada High School of Performing Arts, sus compañeros lo apodaron "Marlon", en referencia a Marlon Brando, aunque Pacino no sabia a quien se referian. Charles Laughton, el renombrado profesor de arte dramatico, vio a Pacino en las escaleras de una casa de vecinos del Bronx, y sus primeras palabras fueron: "Seras una estrella". Pacino se ha ganado de largo un lugar en la historia del cine. Ha trabajado con la mayoria de los Grandes de Hollywood y ha ganado el Oscar a Mejor Actor por su papel en Esencia de mujer.

For more than a quarter century, Al Pacino has spoken freely and deeply with acclaimed journalist and bestselling author Lawrence Grobel on subjects as diverse as childhood, acting, and fatherhood. Here, for the first time, are the complete conversations and shared observations between the actor and the writer; the result is an intimate and revealing look at one of the most accomplished, and private, artists in the world.Pacino grew up sharing a three-room apartment in the Bronx with nine people in what he describes as his New York Huckleberry Finn childhood. Raised mostly by his grandparents and his mother, Pacino began drinking at age thirteen. Shortly after he was admitted to the renowned High School for Performing Arts, his classmates nicknamed him Marlon, after Marlon Brando, even though Pacino didn''t know who Brando was. Renowned acting coach Charlie Laughton saw Pacino when he was nineteen in the stairwell of a Bronx tenement, and the first words out of Laughton''s mouth were You are going to be a star. And so began a fabled, lifelong friendship that nurtured Al through years of not knowing where his next meal would come from until finally -- at age twenty-six -- he landed his first salaried acting job.Grobel and Pacino leave few stones unturned, touching on the times when Pacino played piano in jazz clubs until four a.m. before showing up on the set of Scarecrow a few hours later for a full day''s work; when he ate Valium like candy at the Academy Awards; and when he realized he had been in a long pattern of work and drink.As the pivotal character in The Godfather trilogy and the cult classic Scarface, Pacino has enshrined himself in film history. He''s worked with most of Hollywood''s brightest luminaries such as Francis Ford Coppola, Sidney Lumet, Michael Mann, Norman Jewison, Brian De Palma, Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Gene Hackman, Sean Penn, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hilary Swank, and Robin Williams, among many others. He was nominated for eight Academy Awards before winning the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in Scent of a Woman. Pacino still seems to prefer his work onstage to film and, if he''s moved by a script or play, is quick to take parts in independent productions.Al Pacino is an intensely personal window into the life of an artist concerned more with the process of his art than with the fruits of his labor, a creativ

«Soy un homosexual. Soy un drogadicto. Soy un genio»: estas afirmaciones de Truman Capote, cuyo alcance revela en este libro, se hicieron justamente célebres. A lo largo de estas extraordinarias conv

Marlon Brando ha sido considerado como el mejor actor del siglo XX, el actor por antonomasia. Un ser excéntrico y extraño, pero, también, genial y extremadamente humano. En definitiva, la expresión maxima de lo que entendemos como un espiritu libre, constituido en autentico mito del cine.Sin duda, una obra unica y especial, por tratarse de un documento de primera mano en el que Marlon Brando se expresa de manera directa y sin tapujos acerca de un repertorio inacabable de temas y cuestiones de plena actualidad.

For more than a quarter century, Al Pacino has spoken freely and deeply with acclaimed journalist and bestselling author Lawrence Grobel on subjects as diverse as childhood, acting, and fatherhood. Here, for the first time, are the complete conversations and shared observations between the actor and the writer; the result is an intimate and revealing look at one of the most accomplished, and private, artists in the world.Pacino grew up sharing a three-room apartment in the Bronx with nine people in what he describes as his "New York Huckleberry Finn" childhood. Raised mostly by his grandparents and his mother, Pacino began drinking at age thirteen. Shortly after he was admitted to the renowned High School for Performing Arts, his classmates nicknamed him "Marlon," after Marlon Brando, even though Pacino didnt know who Brando was. Renowned acting coach Charlie Laughton saw Pacino when he was nineteen in the stairwell of a Bronx tenement, and the first words out of Laughtons mouth were "You are going to be a star." And so began a fabled, lifelong friendship that nurtured Al through years of not knowing where his next meal would come from until finally -- at age twenty-six -- he landed his first salaried acting job. Grobel and Pacino leave few stones unturned, touching on the times when Pacino played piano in jazz clubs until four a.m. before showing up on the set of Scarecrow a few hours later for a full days work; when he ate Valium like candy at the Academy Awards; and when he realized he had been in a long pattern of work and drink. As the pivotal character in The Godfather trilogy and the cult classic Scarface, Pacino has enshrined himself in film history. Hes worked with most of Hollywoods brightest luminaries such as Francis Ford Coppola, Sidney Lumet, Michael Mann, Norman Jewison, Brian De Palma, Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Gene Hackman, Sean Penn, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hilary Swank, and Robin Williams, among many others. He was nominated for eight Academy Awards before winning the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in Scent of a Woman. Pacino still seems to prefer his work onstage to film and, if hes moved by a script or play, is quick to take parts in independent productions.Al Pacino is an intensely personal window into the life of an artist concerned more with the process of his art than with the fruits of his labor, a creative genius at the peak of his artistic powers who, after all these years, still longs to grow and learn more about his craft. And, for now, its as close to a memoir as were likely to get.

In this candid biography Lawrence Grobel chronicles the remarkable story of the Huston family, which boasts three Oscar winners, from Walter to John to Anjelica, with particular attention to the rich career and tumultuous personal life of director/actor John Huston (1906-1987). This updated edition covers Anjelicas stormy relationship with Jack Nicholson, her liberating marriage to artist Robert Graham, the exploits of her brothers Tony and Danny, the mysterious silence of Maricela, Johns last love interest and more.Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

THE ULTIMATE INSIDERS LOOK AT THE FINE ART OF INTERVIEWINGI had a fantasy the other night that this interview is so great that they no longer want me to actjust do interviews. I thought of us going all over the world doing interviewsweve signed for three interviews a day for six weeks.Al Pacino, in an interview with Lawrence GrobelHighly respected in journalist circles and hailed as the Interviewers Interviewer, Lawrence Grobel is the author of well-received biographies of Truman Capote, Marlon Brando, James Michener, and the Huston family, with bylines from Rolling Stone and Playboy to the New York Times. He has spent his thirty-year career getting tough subjects to truly open up and talk. Now, in The Art of the Interview, he offers step-by-step instruction on all aspects of nailing an effective interview and provides an inside look on how he elicted such colorful responses as:I dont like Shakespeare. Id rather be in Malibu. Anthony HopkinsFeminists dont like me, and I dont like them.Mel GibsonI hope to God my friends steal my body out of a morgue and throw a party when Im dead.Drew BarrymoreI want you out of here. And I want those goddamn tapes!Bob KnightI smoked pot with my father when I was eleven in 1973. . . . He thought he was giving me a mind-extending experience just like he used to give me Hemingway novels and Woody Allen films.Anthony KiedisIn The Art of the Interview, Grobel reveals the most memorable stories from his career, along with examples of the most candid moments from his long list of famous interviewees, from Oscar-winning actors and Nobel laureates to Pulitzer Prizewinning writers and sports figures. Taking us step by step through the interview process, from research and question writing to final editing, The Art of the Interview is a treat for journalists and culture vultures alike.

En 1970 Barbra Streisand publicó un artículo en la revista Life titulado Who Am I Anyway? (¿Quién soy yo en realidad?). Esa misma pregunta se la hicieron también Steve Schapiro y Lawrence Schiller, dos de los reporteros graficos mas destacados de la epoca que retrataron a la actriz durante sus primeros años en Hollywood mientras se esforzaban por asomarse al otro lado de la cortina y descubrir a la verdadera Barbra. Este libro, que rebosa de fotografias, anecdotas e imagenes tomadas por Schapiro y Schiller entre bastidores, es una obra imprescindible para cualquier fan de Streisand. Incluye las mejores peliculas de la primera decada de a actriz en Hollywood: Funny Girl (Una chica divertida), Vuelve a mi lado, Tal como eramos, La gatita y el buho, Casada en Nueva York, Funny Lady y Ha nacido una estrella. Sus amores, directores, confidentes y compañeros de reparto tambien quedan retratados: Elliott Gould, William Wyler, Sydney Pollack, Vincente Minnelli, Cis Corman, Omar Sharif, Kris Kristofferson y, por supuesto, Robert Redford. El conjunto cristaliza una imagen clara: mas que una cantante capaz de actuar, Streisand es una actriz capaz de cantar, escribir, dirigir, bailar y, en general, de hacer todo aquello que se propone.