Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls

The adored actress of Parenthood and Gilmore Girls shares personal writings in this anthology on life, love, and being a working woman in Hollywood. There are also behind-the-scenes glimpses from the set of the next Gilmore Girls, where she reprises her role as the fast-talking Lorelai Gilmore.

Lauren Graham pauses Talking as Fast as I Can to reflect on her life. She shares hilarious anecdotes about growing up, her early career as an actor, and her later years when she sits in her caravan on the Parenthood set and wonders to herself, "Did you, um, make it?" She shares personal anecdotes about her time as a Project Runway judge ("It's like I had a fashion-induced blackout"), the difficulties of being single in Hollywood ("Strangers were worried about me; that's how long I was single!"), and more.

In "What It Was Like, Part One," Graham indulges in a marathon of Gilmore Girls episodes and muses on her casting as the gregarious Lorelai Gilmore. The article "What It Was Like, Part Two" describes her experience of taking up the job again after a nine-year break and the significance of doing so.

You will also discover other details on Lauren. She once tried to go vegan just to bond with Ellen DeGeneres, she’s aware that meeting guys at awards shows has its pitfalls (“If you’re meeting someone for the first time after three hours of hair, makeup, and styling, you’ve already set the bar too high”), and she’s a card-carrying REI shopper (“My bungee cords now earn points!”).

A cosy night in, catching up with your closest friend, laughing and sharing tales, and, of course, talking as quickly as you can is what this book is like. It includes pictures and passages from the journal that Graham maintained throughout the shooting of the recent Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.