With Nails: The Film Diaries of Richard E.Grant (1996)

by Richard E. Grant

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Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women As I Knew Them by Frank Langella (FemmeNoiresque)
FemmeNoiresque: Grant's excellence as a character actor brought him work with modern cinema's finest on whom he slyly gossips as an "innocent abroad". His frankness probably lost him a role or two in the wake of this memoir. Langella is somewhat wiser in commenting only on his dead friends, lovers, co-workers and acquaintances. So no dish on Whoopi Goldberg, but indexed commentary on stars of Hollywood's Golden Age (*gold* to a movie buff like me), Broadway legends and the odd polician and Royal abound. Both are recommended for being pithy, a tad self-concious and quietly sensitive about the highs and lows of their profession.… (more)

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Richard E Grant writes as wittily as he speaks. You really get an insight into the vagaries of the film industry and the personalities of the actors, directors and producers he works with. Unfortunately, having read this book I really want to watch "Hudson Hawk" at some point, just to see how awful it really is. (

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isabelx | Mar 27, 2011 |

I just re-read the chapter on Hudson Hawk and it's as fresh and funny as it was 10 years ago. Grant is a brilliant comic actor raised in Swaziland and London. His diaries are full of his acerbic wit and incisive commentary on the Hollywood film machine and its players. Grant is very likable and compulsively readable. Enjoy! (

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pugterranian | Jul 2, 2007 |

I just re-read the chapter on Hudson Hawk and it’s as fresh and funny as it was 10 years ago. Grant is a brilliant comic actor raised in Swaziland and London. His diaries are full of his acerbic wit and incisive commentary on the Hollywood film machine and its players. Grant is very likable and compulsively readable. Enjoy!

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RavenousReaders | Jun 24, 2007 |

An extremely well-written and fascinating story of Richard E Grant's early life (as retold in Wah-Wah) and his rise through film. The author is quite self-effacing about his success and very modest, quite refreshing. (

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