Born Standing Up
A Comic's Life
Ranked #4 in Actors, Ranked #9 in Movie Biography — see more rankings.
Emmy and Grammy Award winner, author of the acclaimed New York Times bestsellers Shopgirl and The Pleasure of My Company, and a regular contributor to The New Yorker, Martin has always been a writer. His memoir of his years in stand-up is candid, spectacularly amusing, and beautifully written.
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Reviews and Recommendations
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Adam Savage On a big road trip, I read it out loud to my wife, she read it out loud to me. Then we got the audio book and we listened to Steve Martin read it. (Source)
James Altucher Founder/StockPickrAnd while you are at it, throw in “Bounce” by Mathew Syed, who was the UK Ping Pong champion when he was younger. I love any book where someone took their passion, documented it, and shared it with us. That’s when you can see the subleties, the hard work, the luck, the talent, the skill, all come together to form a champion. Heck, throw in, “An Astronaut’s Guide to Earth” by Commander Chris Hadfield. (Source)
Michael Mckean @CaitlinPacific @stevemartin Best book on stand up ever. Plus: delicious shade thrown on the late John Frankenheimer. (Source)
Omar Zenhom Not a typical business book but make no mistake, Steve Martin’s journey to success was not too different from any successful entrepreneur’s journey. How to stand out? How to outlast the competition? How to evolve? It’s all in there. (Source)
Rankings by Category
Born Standing Up is ranked in the following categories:
- #41 in Autobiography
- #59 in Biography
- #39 in Celebrity
- #39 in Cinema
- #13 in Comedy
- #19 in Entertaining
- #18 in Entertainment
- #14 in Hollywood
- #81 in Humor
- #85 in Memoir
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