A respected theatre director, writer, and actor, André Gregory will also forever be associated with the art-house classic, My Dinner with André. For the first time, Gregory shares anecdotes about the making of the film, plus stories from wartime Paris to golden-age Hollywood, from avant-garde theaters to monasteries in India. Along the way we meet Gregory Peck, Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, Wallace Shawn, Helene Weigel, Jerzy Grotowski, and many other larger-than-life personalities. Here too are more recent reflections on whether it is worth it to live for your art, and the difficulty of learning how to love anyone.

"A testament to a fearless artist and a fascinating man."—Mikhail Baryshnikov