Did I Ever Tell You This?

De: Sam Neill

Narrado por: Sam Neill

Duración: 12 h y 35 m

Resumen del Editor

In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tells the story of how he became one of the world's most celebrated actors, who has worked with everyone from Meryl Streep to Isabel Adjani, from Jeff Goldblum to Sean Connery, from Steven Spielberg to Jane Campion.

By his own account, his career has been a series of unpredictable turns of fortune. Born in 1947 in Northern Ireland, he emigrated to New Zealand at the age of seven. His family settled in Dunedin on the South Island, but young Sam was sent away to boarding school in Christchurch, where he was hopeless at sports and discovered he enjoyed acting.

But how did you become an actor in New Zealand in the 1960 and 1970s where there was no film industry? After university he made documentary films while also appearing in occasional amateur productions of Shakespeare. In 1977 he took the lead in Sleeping Dogs, the first feature made in New Zealand in more than a decade, a project that led to a major role in Gillian Armstrong's celebrated My Brilliant Career.

And after that Sam Neill found his way, sometimes by accident, into his own brilliant career. He has worked around the world, an actor who has moved effortlessly from blockbuster to art house to TV, from Dr Alan Grant in the Jurassic Park movies to The Piano and Peaky Blinders.

Did I Ever Tell You This? is a joy to listen to, a marvellous and often very funny book, the work of a natural storyteller who is a superb observer of other people, and who writes with love and warmth about his family. It is also his account of his life outside film, especially in Central Otago where he established Two Paddocks, his vineyard famous for its pinot noir.

‘Sam Neill is one of my favourite people in the world, and a great entertainer. Did I Ever Tell You This? is full of warm, funny, and sometimes heartbreaking stories. It will make you feel like you have just sat down under a tree to chat with a dear friend.' JIMMY BARNES

‘Just wonderful, so funny and charming and sharp. Sam Neill's lively, lovely book made me laugh out loud.' MERYL STREEP

‘A fabulously entertaining, insanely readable memoir.' STEPHEN FRY

'DID I EVER TELL YOU THIS? is tender, funny and emotional, modest and generous, both unbearably sad and deliciously companionable.' JANE CAMPION

©2023 Sam Neill (P)2023 W. F. Howes Ltd

Pleased to hear you’re on the “up”

Some good snippets and anecdotes. Thanks for lifting the curtain a wee bit for us.

Genuine

Loved this narration - have always admired Sam bought the book also for my friend - a classic and recommend for any theatre/film kiwi fan

Simply Stunning

What an incredible book, Sam (Nigel) is simply outstanding and this is about as real as it gets.

A bit disappointing

I was looking forward to this audible book as I'm a fan of Sam Neill but I found it a bit overindulgence, name dropping a lot but not particularly interesting anecdotes about stars he worked with.
After it finished I found myself not having enjoyed it as much as I wanted to and knowing little more about him than I already did.
It was like looking forward to a good meal only to be disappointed that I'd had better.
Shame you didnt let us into more of your life Sam