Winning and becomingly modest.

Charmingly self-deprecating.

If collapsing into laughter is what you need at the moment, then Playing Under the Piano could be the book for you. As a genre, actors’ memoirs are usually to be treated with utmost suspicion; I find most of them gruesome.

He is markedly discreet about his personal life.

... winsome.

His account is intriguing, breezy and full of intellect and humor. It’s also a delicious stroll down a red carpet lined with big names.

A perfect blend of dry wit, sparkling prose, and a dash of self-deprecating humor.

Acting memoirs don’t come much better than this humorous and self-effacing account by Bonneville.