Making It So
A Memoir
Patrick Stewart’s memoir brings the long, varied life of a stage and screen actor into view.
- Themes
- Actor's life and career, Stage and screen acting, From Yorkshire to Hollywood
Across Stage and Screen
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- A stage-and-screen career spanning Shakespeare, Star Trek, and comedy
- A portrait of ambition from Yorkshire beginnings to worldwide acclaim
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- The perspective of a driven artist across six decades
- A career ranging from the Royal Shakespeare Company to Hollywood
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THE NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER
A renowned and bestselling memoir—written with “insight, truth, and passion” (Sir Ian McKellen)—from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart.
From his acclaimed stage triumphs to his legendary onscreen work, Sir Patrick Stewart has captivated audiences around the world and across multiple generations in a career spanning six decades with his indelible command of stage and screen.
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No other British working actor enjoys such career variety, universal respect, and unending popularity, as witnessed through his seminal roles—whether as Captain Jean-Luc Picard of Star Trek fame, Professor Charles Xavier of Marvel's X-Men hit movie franchise, his more than forty years as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company, his unforgettable one-man show adapted from Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, or his comedic work in American Dad!, Ted, Extras, and Blunt Talk, among many others.
Now, he presents his stunning memoir, a revealing portrait of a driven artist whose astonishing life—from his humble beginnings in Yorkshire, England, to the heights of Hollywood and worldwide acclaim—proves a story as exuberant, definitive, and enduring as the author himself.
Publisher details
Publisher categories
- Lives in Entertainment
- Lives of the Rich & Famous
- Personal Memoirs
- Authors
- Patrick Stewart
- Publisher
- Gallery Books
- Published
- January 28, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Lives in Entertainment