The sparkling memoir of an actor's life in the footlights and on camera, this volume tells the riveting story of Eli Wallach on stage and screen. Beginning with his early days in Brooklyn and his college years in Texas, where he dreamed of becoming an actor, this book follows Wallach's career as one of the earliest members of the famed Actors Studio, and a Tony Award winner. Wallach has worked with such stars as Marlon Brando, Paul Newman, Marilyn Monroe, Gregory Peck, and Henry Fonda, and his many movies include ''The Magnificent Seven'', the iconic ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly'', and, most recently, ''Mystic River''. For more than fifty years, Eli Wallach has held a special place in the hearts of film aficionados and theatre goers the world over.