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Managing Expectations: ‘vital, heartfelt and surprising tales from life’ Graham Norton

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In March 2007, Driver made her return to television in the FX Network show The Riches. She was nominated for an Emmy Award [18] and a Golden Globe Award as Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2007 and 2008, respectively. [19] She was scheduled to appear in The Simpsons Movie, although her appearance was cut from the final version. Driver appeared in the January 2010 episode of Modern Family entitled " Moon Landing". [20] She also starred in the television series The Deep [21] and appeared in Conviction, in the comedy drama Barney's Version, winning a Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress. [22] Will you write more books? I’m asking because I’m curious, but also because I’m pleading for you to write more. Her work on the television series “The Riches” not only resulted in her being nominated for a number of awards but also led to the birth of her son, who was fathered by the comedy writer and TV producer Timothy J. Lea. David, Mark (9 October 2014). "Minnie Driver Lists Hollywood Hills House". Variety. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021 . Retrieved 20 September 2021. She was nominated for both the Critics’ Choice Television Award and the Primetime Emmy Award for her role in the television movie titled “Return to Zero,” for which she received the nominations.

Abrams, Natalie (12 November 2009). "Minnie Driver to Guest-Star on Modern Family". TV Guide. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014 . Retrieved 2 September 2014. Driver has been in a relationship with Addison O'Dea since 2019. [32] [33] She was briefly engaged to Josh Brolin in 2001. [34] She has a son (born 5 September 2008) [35] from a brief relationship with television writer and producer Timothy J. Lea. [36] Just before the release of her first book, Driver spoke to W over the phone, calling from her home in Malibu after a morning of surfing in the Pacific Ocean. She got into her writing process, her favorite authors, and whether or not she’ll write some more books in the future. a b "Driver, Charles Ronald". Traces of War. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021 . Retrieved 24 October 2021. She told the Guardian in an interview published in April that he had “blossomed” going to school in London.

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The structure of the book is particularly interesting. Driver makes no effort to connect all the dots of her life; instead, the reader gets a series of stories, all representative in their way. It’s Driver’s top ten of the really important stuff, ending with her mother’s death. Borne, Air (22 December 2009). "Barbados-raised Actress' father's ashes to be scattered on Bajan polo field". Bajan Reporter. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021 . Retrieved 20 September 2021.

Home". Collingham College. Archived from the original on 16 October 2016 . Retrieved 18 October 2016. Minnie Driver Breaks Off Engagement". ABC News. 4 October 2001. Archived from the original on 20 September 2013 . Retrieved 8 August 2013.

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In 1997, it was revealed that Minnie had been nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in the critically praised film “Good Will Hunting.” She was considered for the award in the category of “Best Supporting Actress.” don’t get me started) > I could start rolling on the floor peeing my pants laughing at a couple of stories she told). Minnie Driver has held many occupations: she’s been an actress, a musician, and even a purveyor of jeans. But now, the actress adds one more title to her résumé: memoirist. In Driver’s new book, Managing Expectations, she takes readers along for the ride, detailing her at-times unconventional upbringing in England, her journey to motherhood, and her winding career path, from the first big film she booked to the moment she was cast in what would become an Oscar-nominated role in Good Will Hunting (without naming names of the screenwriters—one of whom she was involved in a public relationship with for some time after the film was released in 1997). She shares the story of her life in ten honest, emotional, and erudite essays, charmingly proving that she was born to be a storyteller, no matter the medium.

Swift, Andy (10 May 2019). "Speechless Cancelled at ABC". TVLine. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019 . Retrieved 10 May 2019. Our Flag Means Death Season 2': Exclusive First Look". Vanity Fair. 24 August 2023. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023 . Retrieved 24 August 2023.

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Before Good Will Hunting, she starred in Circle Of Friends, playing the goofy, adorable lead in the adaptation of Maeve Binchy’s bestselling novel; some years later, she played Carlotta in the Phantom Of The Opera movie, and got into television playing Stanley’s bawdy English girlfriend on Will And Grace. More recently, she has portrayed a drug-addicted traveller, straight out of jail, living a life of crime in the American south in The Riches. And then a middle-class British mother with a wheelchair-user son in the comedy Speechless (there is a very funny episode featuring John Cleese as her dad). As well as running her own production company – which she called Huge Fan, because that’s what Hollywood phonies always say to her – Driver has been working on a podcast called Minnie Questions, in which she interviews a range of creative figures. Some are her friends: the artist and director Sam Taylor-Johnson, the playwright Jeremy O Harris, the Foo Fighter Dave Grohl. She asks them each the same things (from the Proust questionnaire), “and there are only seven questions, so there’s no tarting around with, what are you promoting or what are your views on X, Y and Z? It’s pretty disciplined, which I like, because there’s not enough discipline these days.”

I think this quote, taken from an essay/chapter called “I’m Going to Miami”, reveals a lot about Minnie Driver’s personality - true when she was a child, and probably still true. She describes herself (and also her signature mop of hair) as “a lot”: she has a big, emotional personality, she asks a lot of questions, and she doesn’t know how to not be herself, even though her chosen vocation is acting (and also singing and writing). Lane, Harriet (3 August 1997). "Minnie the minx: She used to be an English public school mouse; now she's a Hollywood babe". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014 . Retrieved 1 September 2014. This punishment of mine is becoming multi faceted. I sign the bill with another laborious signature, shrug off what I don’t realize is shame, then head for the pool. Driver's television debut was in a 1991 TV advertisement for Right Guard deodorant. [15] Driver also made her stage debut in 1991, supplementing her income by performing as a jazz vocalist and guitarist. [16] In 1993 she featured in an episode of Maigret, alongside Michael Gambon and Michael Sheen. Also in 1993, she played alongside Jonathan Pryce in the mini-series, Mr Wroe's Virgins. She appeared in The Day Today, on British television, with comedian Steve Coogan and for satirist Armando Iannucci, and had small parts in Casualty, The House of Eliott, Lovejoy and Peak Practice.

Career

Minnie Driver's Managing Expectations was recommended by many trusted book friends and it's a well-written and at times, very entertaining book, if not particularly insightful. In television, Driver starred with Eddie Izzard in The Riches for which she was nominated for both an Emmy and a Golden Globe. She has starred in the ABC sitcom Speechless, the NBC sitcom About a Boy, and in a recurring role in the NBC series Will & Grace. She has also starred in several miniseries in the UK including The Deep for BBC One. Petridis, Alexis (2 September 2004). " 'I've taken a pounding' ". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014 . Retrieved 22 November 2012.

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