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""When I Stop Talking" is anything but a rote, let-the-record-show memoir . . . Although it's packed with
stories he's surely been telling at dinner forever, the book is also a modest set of guidelines for how you too can be a
successful mogul . . . it's written with stealth and style, doubtless shaped by his co-writer, Rich Cohen . . . The
book, really, is a performance, a monologue by a guy comfortable hanging with Armand Hammer at Leonid Brezhnev's funeral
or with Joey Bishop at a deli. It's a show based on horse pucky on braggadocio." "RJ Smith, "LA Times"""
"Now, I could tell you stories about Jerry, but Jerry is the first and best to tell them. He's funny and grumpy and
perfectly inappropriate. When it comes to work, nobody works harder. When it comes to charities, nobody guilts better.
And when it comes to friendship, he has no peers. That's Jerry's great talent. He doesn't just light up a room, he
lights it on fire. He's a great producer, a great organizer, a great friend, and truly the greatest showman on
earth."--George Clooney
"Edgy and honest but refreshingly spare in his criticism of stars, colleagues and family . . . With a bold voice, a
storied career, and a cast of superstars, Weintraub's memoir makes a rousing insider tour of some five decades in the
entertainment industry."--Publisher's Weekly
"As the title of the book indicates, Weintraub loves to talk. And the 72-year-old impresario has some amazing stories to
tell . . . All the stories are told in Weintraub's shooting-the-breeze voice. Credit for the easy-to-read style goes to
Rich Cohen, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair magazine who turned Weintraub's tales into a breezy first-person
narrative."--Rick Warner, Bloomberg News
"It reads at times like a screenplay: a rags-to-riches tale complete with stunning reversals of fortune, punchy
dialogue, and star cameos galore . . . Even the lows are enviable."--Nathaniel Rich, VANITY FAIR
"Jerry has made a fascinating career for himself by finding ways to put on a show and sell tickets at the door. Jerry
has bloomed wherever he's been ed. His life has put him in the company of greats like Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra,
The Rat Pack, Robert Altman, and Steven Soderbergh, to name a few. Jerry's story chronicles his journey that involved a
lot of improvising, love, and of course, luck. This story isn't just for music or movie lovers, or entrepreneurs....it's
for everyone. So, pick up your copy of When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead by Jerry Weintraub... If there was a
Rushmore of legendary show business figures, he'd be one of them."--Don Imus
"When I Stop Talking is anything but a rote, let-the-record-show memoir . . . Although it's packed with stories he's
surely been telling at dinner forever, the book is also a modest set of guidelines for how you too can be a successful
mogul . . . it's written with stealth and style, doubtless shaped by his co-writer, Rich Cohen . . . The book, really,
is a performance, a monologue by a guy comfortable hanging with Armand Hammer at Leonid Brezhnev's funeral or with Joey
Bishop at a deli. It's a show based on horse pucky on braggadocio."--RJ Smith, LA Times
"This is a guy who can tell a story. And boy does he have stories to tell."--People Magazine
"Weintraub knows a thing or two about placing bets. And his latest venture sounds like a sure thing-an autobiography,
pithily titled When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead: Useful Stories from a Persuasive Man . . . [it's] a gripping
personal story."--Entertainment Weekly
"Old chestnuts from this journey are lovingly, and often hilariously, burnished in Weintraub's new memoir, When I Stop
Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead . . . The book, which is in no way a scandalous, showbiz tell-all, but a good-humored, and
often self-deprecating romp of outrageous will and amazing fortune, also paints a picture of uncanny bliss."--Nicole
LaPorte, The Daily Beast
Book Description
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Maverick movie producer Jerry Weintraub's hilarious, autobiographical account of what it takes to make it to
the top, in life and business: a de facto primer in the Art of Persuasion.