4.5 stars
Wow. This is easily the best celebrity memoir I've ever listened to. Bryan Cranston has been one of my favorite actors since I first watched Breaking Bad. Breaking Bad is my all time favorite show and I've seen every episode at least 5 times, and it will always be my favorite show, and I absolutely love Bryan Cranston as Walter White. Ever since I fell in love with Breaking Bad I have followed Bryan Cranston's career, and he has become one of my favorite humans on the planet. I adore his personality and his charm and if I'm being honest he kind of reminds me of my Dad, which might have something to do with it. Also, I highly recommend listening to the audiobook for this one. It's narrated by Bryan and it's so wonderful listening to him tell the stories of his life, so definitely try to get the audiobook for this one, it's great!



What an epic life Bryan Cranston has had. He's one of those people who have truly lived his life to the fullest, the kind of life others are envious of. He's had a handful of crazy jobs with even crazier stories, and I love how each chapter of the book is broken down into a different "part" of his life. His life truly is a life in parts. I loved hearing about his family and his struggle with growing up with a Father who eventually left them, and an alcoholic mother. I loved his stories about travelling overseas at a young age for the police academy, and how he wanted to be a cop for a long period of time. I can't believe he got his license to marry people on a whim and become a minister for a summer and married a bunch of couples. He lives his life with such spontaneity, it's inspiring. I loved hearing about his journey into becoming an actor and how he completely lied on parts of his resume to get small parts in commercials and what not. I loved hearing about his experiences on Malcom In The Middle and how he really made that character his own, instead of just going with what the writers wanted.

And of course, I loved hearing so many stories from his time as Walter White on Breaking Bad. Warning: there are tons of spoilers for Breaking Bad in this book so I strongly recommend finishing the show before reading this. Listening to some of the behind the scenes stories of Breaking Bad made me want to cry because I miss the show so much, and it makes me happy knowing the show meant so much to Bryan Cranston too. I love hearing how Bryan Cranston actually contributed a lot of his own ideas for the script, or he attempted to change the way the scene was shot, to make it better. He's so thoughtful and creative and really loves his job.

The only problem I had with this is that it ended very abruptly and I would've loved one more quick chapter at the end, but other than that I loved this. There were so many times I laughed out loud: especially when he was talking about dating this insane girl named Ava, who threatened his life. I was laughing so hard I was crying. He has an amazing personality, and he's lived an incredible life. I love that he never tells himself he can't do something, and he knows if he really puts his mind and his heart in it, he can accomplish anything. Bryan Cranson is and always will be a legend in my eyes.