Are You Anybody?: A Memoir

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It's rare that an actor embodies even one memorable character over the arc of his or her career. Jeffrey Tambor, Emmy Award-winning television actor, has managed to create three-Hank oHey Now!o Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show, George/Oscar Bluth on Arrested Development, and his acclaimed Maura oMoppao Pfefferman on Jill Soloway's Transparent.

Are You Anybody? is Tambor's chance to discuss his creative process and immense accomplishments from a life lived onscreen. Drawing from his formative childhood years, in which he describes himself as a fat Hungarian-Jewish kid with a lisp and a nervous, depressive father whose motto was oDon't celebrate. They'll take it away from you!o to how he drew inspiration from his own life in order to create these characters, Tambor's memoir is by turns funny, insightful, and uplifting, touching on comedy and depression and the enduring chutzpah required to make it through life.

From introspective, humorous stories to his career and the great colleagues he's worked with, to the pain and exhilaration of auditions, to the fear of success and his triumphant connection with audiences, Tambor covers all aspects of his life and career with his trademark black humor and smartly attuned wit.It's rare that an actor embodies even one memorable character over the arc of his or her career. Jeffrey Tambor, Emmy Award-winning television actor, has managed to create three-Hank oHey Now!o Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show, George/Oscar Bluth on Arrested Development, and his acclaimed Maura oMoppao Pfefferman on Jill Soloway's Transparent.

Are You Anybody? is Tambor's chance to discuss his creative process and immense accomplishments from a life lived onscreen. Drawing from his formative childhood years, in which he describes himself as a fat Hungarian-Jewish kid with a lisp and a nervous, depressive father whose motto was oDon't celebrate. They'll take it away from you!o to how he drew inspiration from his own life in order to create these characters, Tambor's memoir is by turns funny, insightful, and uplifting, touching on comedy and depression and the enduring chutzpah required to make it through life.

From introspective, humorous stories to his career and the great colleagues he's worked with, to the pain and exhilaration of auditions, to the fear of success and his triumphant connection with audiences, Tambor covers all aspects of his life and career with his trademark black humor and smartly attuned wit.
JEFFREY TAMBOR is an accomplished character actor known for his unforgettable comedic roles on HBO's The Larry Sanders Show, the long-running Fox series Arrested Development, and Golden Globe Award-winning Transparent, for which he won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his portrayal of the lead character, Maura. He's also had memorable roles in films such as And Justice for All,Meet Joe Black, There's Something About Mary, Cityslickers, Pollack, and many more. He made his Broadway debut in the comedy Sly Fox in 1976 and remains active in theater. He has also received two Screen Actors Guild Awards and was recently awarded a Television Critics Association Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Comedy Series.