Wannabe: My Hollywood Experime
by Ellen Rapaport, Jamie Kennedy
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Author: Ellen Rapaport, Jamie KennedyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-08-01
ISBN: 080652572X
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Citadel
Book Reviews of Wannabe: My Hollywood Experime
Book Review: This "experiment" is a success!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Sharp, funny, witty, self deprecating, insightful, poignant & honest!
Jamie Kennedy's "Wannabe" is all these things and more.
A must read for anyone interested in the classic Hollywood struggle for fame and recognition; or just anyone interested in the journey of a young man trying to figure out what the hell he wants to do with his life and how the heck to get there!
Jamie Kennedy's struggle for success will no doubt touch the reader with his wacky stories of trying to "make it" as well as his off the wall "celebrity encounters" and "brushes with death"! I couldn't put this book down, and had to slow down my reading just to finish it in 2 days.
Jamie Kennedy should be considered a role model to his peers and the up and comers out there. His advice in the bonus chapter of the book is solid and wise for his years. Ultimately inspiring, Jamie Kennedy's memoir serves as a valuable lesson of the true power of drive, determination, and persistence.
A fantastic read & highly recommended!
Summary of Wannabe: My Hollywood Experime
August 1989: Jamie Kennedy arrives in Los Angeles from his home in suburban Pennsylvania with grand plans of becoming a professional extra. He's determined to make it in Hollywood even if it kills him - which it very nearly does. Soon he's caught up in the desperate underbelly of showbusiness: playing Bart Simpson at kids' birthday parties while they pelt him with apples; appearing as a Jerry Lewis strip-a-gram; and auditioning for the part of a dancing yolk in the California Fresh Eggs campaign. But there's even worse to come. After a disastrous stint at RADA (during which he is forced to steal food from the buttery), having his kidney removed, being mugged for his trousers and sharing a flat with a homicidal nutcase, Jamie winds up sleeping in his car. He's got two choices: quit and go back to Pennsylvania, or come up with a cunning plan. Ingeniously, Jamie invents fictional agent "Marty Power" in a last-ditch attempt to kickstart his acting career; Jamie plays the roles of agent, personal assistant and even courier, and incredibly the trick pays off. Soon, half the casting agents in Hollywood are claiming to be old friends of Marty's. His big break - a small role in Baz Luhrman's "Romeo + Juliet" - leads to a string of appearances in hit films such as "Scream", "As Good As It Gets" and "Three Kings". Now Jamie has producers knocking on his door, rather than the other way round, and he's commissioned to write and star in his own hidden camera show, "The Jamie Kennedy Experiment". He's made it at last - after ten long, painful years. "Wannabe" is the story of how he survived.Actors & Actresses Books
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