Episode · SmartLess · 2026-09-07
Andrew Garfield on SmartLess: every book mentioned
Get on the boat; it’s Andrew Garfield. Shrinking bears, tigers being tigers, not-enough-ness, and a Canadian Fincher.
Andrew Garfield discussed Open by Andre Agassi.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Open
Open by Andre Agassi is a candid and acclaimed memoir detailing the tennis legend's turbulent athletic career, complex relationship with his father, and internal psychological battles.
Discussed“I think this job saved my life in the sense that like I remember, do you guys read the Agassy um autobiography? No, but I've heard I should. I heard that's about an athlete and and an athlete that hates the sport that he he hates tennis. Like the first line is I hate tennis.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The Magic Faraway Tree
“Um, right now I'm promoting a family film called The Magic Far Away Tree, which is an Enid Blightton book that was made into a film by Simon Faraby, who made the wrote the Paddington movies.”