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Jeff Hiller discussed his new memoir, describing its title and content, and the host highlighted the cover design and a specific anecdote from page62.
His new memoir is called Actress of a Certain Age, A 20-Year Trail to Overnight Success.
— Episode: Jeff Hiller's Big Break Came In His 40s
Episode: Jeff Hiller's Big Break Came In His 40s
Jeff Hiller discussed his new memoir, describing its title and content, and the host highlighted the cover design and a specific anecdote from page62.
His new memoir is called Actress of a Certain Age, A 20-Year Trail to Overnight Success.
His new memoir is called Actress of a Certain Age.
And the book is called Actress of a Certain Age. And you're pictured on it wearing your regular glasses, but over your head you're wearing like a headscarf, not like an Islamic headscarf, but just like the kind of headscarf that women wore a lot in like 1950s movies.
Okay, so on page 62 of your book, you write, once I was a guest on a podcast, where the host tried to do that serious NPR intro voice that Terry Gross does on Fresh Air.
I was trying to find a photo that looked, you know, the book is called Actress of a Certain Age. And I wanted something that looked glamorous, but also winky and campy.
Episode: Jeff Hiller’s Big Break Came In His 40s
The memoir recounts Hiller's long struggle for recognition, his breakthrough after age 40 with the HBO series, and the personal challenges he faced along the way.
His memoir is called Actress of a Certain Age, My 20-Year Trail to Overnight Success.
Congratulations on the Emmy nomination and the memoir.
And the book is called Actress of a Certain Age. ... On page 62 of your book, you write, once I was a guest on a podcast where the host tried to do that serious NPR intro voice that Terry Gross does on Fresh Air.
We spoke in August after the publication of his memoir, Actress of a Certain Age.
Episode: Jeff Hiller’s Big Break Came In His 40s
The memoir was highlighted as the author's new book documenting his 20year journey to an overnight breakthrough, and the host discussed its cover and specific passages.
His memoir is called Actress of a Certain Age, My 20Year Trail to Overnight Success.
And the book is called Actress of a Certain Age.
On page 62 of your book, you write, once I was a guest on a podcast where the host tried to do that serious NPR intro voice that Terry Gross does on Fresh Air ... And the host said, my guest Jeff Hiller is on a new show on HBO called Somebody Out There ... And, of course, the show is called Somebody Somewhere, not Somebody Out There.
I'm not sure. I don't know. You know what? I think I should go. Don't go. I'm going to go.
I wrote about having a midlife crisis when you were 40. What was that about?