Andrew McCarthy talks fatherhood, his new memoir and more
Actor Andrew McCarthy's new memoir, "The Long Way Home: One Man's Quest for the Courage to Settle Down" (Free Press, $26), which was released last week. Credit: Handout
Actor Andrew McCarthy is best known for starring in iconic movies such as “Mannequin," "Pretty in Pink," "St. Elmo's Fire” and “Weekend at Bernie's,” and now he can add author to his list of accomplishments.
The former “Brat Pack” star and father to son, Sam, and daughter, Willow, wrote his first book, “The Long Way Home: One Man's Quest for the Courage to Settle Down” (Free Press, $26), which was recently released.
Along with acting and directing, in a parallel career, McCarthy is an award-winning travel writer and an editor-at-large for National Geographic Traveler. His new memoir follows his trips to Patagonia, the Amazon and Mount Kilimanjaro where he writes “through my travel, I began to grow up.” His excursions helped him work through his commitment phobia and finally settle down with his wife, Dolores Rice.
I was able to catch up with McCarthy to talk about his new book, fatherhood and balancing it all.
