New Delhi: Michael Douglas’ One Helluva Ride has become the no. 1 bestseller in the nonfiction category on The New York Times’ combined print and e-book bestseller list. The actor called the achievement as big an honour as winning an Oscar.
Sharing the news on Instagram, Douglas posted a video in which he revealed that he was on the promotional tour for his book when he learned that it had topped The New York Times’ nonfiction bestseller list.
“I can’t even conceive of what that means to me. And then… there it is over there, nonfiction, One Helluva Ride,..And then I turn it over on the other side, and One Helluva Ride is number one in bestsellers combined print and e-book,” he said.
Douglas also thanked his readers for their love and support, saying that the achievement was something he had never anticipated.
“This is something I never anticipated. I worked my ass off on this book, but thank you… This is as big an honor for me as when I won my Oscar, so… I’ll give myself a little pat on the back. Thanks,” he said.
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Life of an actor-producer
Michael Douglas’ memoir, One Helluva Ride, looks back at his life and career in Hollywood, spanning decades of filmmaking, personal experiences and the milestones that shaped him as an actor and producer. A total of two Academy Awards, a BAFTA award, five Golden Globes and a Primetime Emmy Award. He also served as a United Nations Messenger of Peace for 27 years.
Douglas is the son of legendary actor Kirk Douglas, and he carved out his own place in Hollywood, earning recognition for films such as Wall Street, Fatal Attraction and Basic Instinct. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street (1987) and another Oscar as a producer of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), which won Best Picture.
(Edited by Ratan Priya)
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