Alan Arkin to release life memoirs
Veteran actor Alan Arkin is set to tell all about his multi decade spanning career in his upcoming memoir.
The Edward Scissorhands actor, 76, has signed a deal with publishers at Da Capo to chronicle his rise to fame in his new book An Improvised Life.
He tells the New York Post: "Since I was five I wanted to act. My brilliance in kindergarten was thanks strictly to wits and timing.
"My poet father made a living but was never happy. But if it wasn't show business, I didn't care about it. Even as a kid, all I wanted was to hitchhike to Hollywood...
"This book I wrote myself over the years. I didn't plan it. A Native American school had me teach an improvisation workshop.
"Not sketch comedy.... All acting. It was successful, so I added material, wrote down things, added background. It got circulated, published in the school magazine, and that's what happened."
The book is set to be released on 1 March.
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