{"product_id":"talking-as-fast-as-i-can-lauren-graham","title":"Talking as Fast as I Can - Lauren Graham","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTalking as Fast as I Can,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Lauren Graham hits pause for a moment and looks back on her life, sharing laugh-out-loud stories about growing up, starting out as an actress, and, years later, sitting in her trailer on the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eParenthood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e set and asking herself, “Did you, um, make it?” She opens up about the challenges of being single in Hollywood (“Strangers were worried about me; that’s how long I was single!”), the time she was asked to audition her butt for a role, and her experience being a judge on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eProject Runway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (“It’s like I had a fashion-induced blackout”).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn “What It Was Like, Part One,” Graham sits down for an epic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGilmore Girls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e marathon and reflects on being cast as the fast-talking Lorelai Gilmore. The essay “What It Was Like, Part Two” reveals how it felt to pick up the role again nine years later, and what doing so has meant to her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSome more things you will learn about Lauren: She once tried to go vegan just to bond with Ellen DeGeneres, she’s aware that meeting guys at awards shows has its pitfalls (“If you’re meeting someone for the first time after three hours of hair, makeup, and styling, you’ve already set the bar too high”), and she’s a card-carrying REI shopper (“My bungee cords now earn points!”).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIncluding photos and excerpts from the diary Graham kept during the filming of the recent \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGilmore Girls: A Year in the Life,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e this book is like a cozy night in, catching up with your best friend, laughing and swapping stories, and—of course—talking as fast as you can.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUsed Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-testid=\"pagesFormat\"\u003e205 pages, Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-testid=\"publicationInfo\"\u003eFirst published November 29, 2016\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brewberry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42438441861214,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/0585\/9678\/files\/hom_b89b2999-6058-45e5-b856-440d765d4a69.jpg?v=1770135914","url":"https:\/\/www.brewberrybooks.ca\/products\/talking-as-fast-as-i-can-lauren-graham","provider":"Brewberry Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}