Dying of Politeness: A Memoir

This is the author’s story of her self-proclaimed “journey to badassery” — from her childhood of compulsive politeness to Hollywood star. In this memoir, the author shares the road to developing her acting career and the iconic roles long the way, continually touching on her past experiences and overcoming her reticency to be her authentic self one role at a time. This account is full of wit and humor, with the author sharing candidly the ways in which she leads Hollywood to have better gender equality, but ultimately fighting for herself.