Making It So
memoir by Patrick Stewart
Making It So: A Memoir is a 2023 book by Patrick Stewart. The memoir describes Stewart's life from an actor in Shakespeare plays to his famous role as Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, with the title being a reference to that character's motto ("make it so"). He rejected offers from ghostwriters in order to write the memoir himself.
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Stewart was born in Mirfield, where he grew up in a working class household. His father, after being demobilized from the army, became an alcoholic and would abuse his wife. Stewart and his brother would intervene in the altercations to prevent their father from hurting their mother. As a young man, Stewart worked as a journalist and in sales at a furniture store. He pursues his ambition of acting on the side, before applying to a drama school and earning a full ride scholarship. Stewart works in local theatres before unexpectedly receiving an offer to work small roles on a tour with The Old Vic for Twelfth Night, The Lady of the Camellias, and Duel of Angels, where he is the target of workplace bullying. Stewart later gets hired by the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he works for 14 years.
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