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Nov 28, 2013
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From the book jacket: Before Liz Lemon, before “Weekend Update,” before “Sarah Palin,” Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress-dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that one day she would be a comedian on TV. She has seen both these dreams come true.
We know her as an incredibly talented comedian, actress, and producer of the Emmy-winning 30 Rock. Well, Tina Fey is also a ...more
From the book jacket: Before Liz Lemon, before “Weekend Update,” before “Sarah Palin,” Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress-dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that one day she would be a comedian on TV. She has seen both these dreams come true.
We know her as an incredibly talented comedian, actress, and producer of the Emmy-winning 30 Rock. Well, Tina Fey is also a ...more
Sep 22, 2017
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Tina Fey's introduction states “for me this book has been a simple task of retracing my steps to figure out what factors contributed to this person” an ordinary child, becoming famous, but secretly preferring performing out of the spotlight (my paraphrase of her photos). Fey was into entertainment from an early age and comfortable with herself to such a degree that she could flow with the ups and downs of a performing life. Interesting insights into summer theater, improvisation performance and
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I have always enjoyed Tina Fey, especially in movies and it was fun to spend some time with her. Listening to the audiobook made it feel as if we were having a friendly conversation instead of just reading what felt like to me, individual essays about her life. I learned things about the comedian I didn't know and gained huge amounts of respect for her especially where beauty and parenting are concerned. A great quick read that will leave you with some laughs but nothing really memorable except
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This was a fun book to read. Tina Fey is an awesome comedian.
Jun 04, 2011
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Jan 02, 2018
☘Misericordia☘ ⚡ϟ⚡⛈⚡☁ ❇️❤❣
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