Brian Kilmeade
His brand new book—it’s excellent—Entrances and Exits—his recall of his life is just phenomenal, brings us back to his military days, his growing up days—anything but easy—as well as his Seinfeld days. If you love Seinfeld, you will love the insight he brings.
LA Times
Pleas for forgiveness can get boring. Entrances and Exits is something else: an accounting of a life and the performances that go into it, for better and worse.
Whoopi Goldberg
It is really good to see you after all these years. You know, sometimes we walk, and we step in stuff, and it happens, and it happens! And it happens to all of us. And so, you took yourself away, and did a lot of work on yourself, and welcome back. That’s what I want to say. Welcome back.
Forbes
Entrances and Exits...is a well-written memoir that pulls back the curtain on Seinfeld like never before, with Richards, 74, utilizing four decades worth of journals to meticulously reveal a behind the scenes look at one of television’s most successful comedies as well as the curation and backstory of his iconic Cosmo Kramer character.... The book itself is unflinching in its examination of celebrity, with Richards detailing the inferiority and self-doubt he often dealt with despite the success as well as what he learned following an infamous on stage outburst at The Laugh Factory in 2006, which caused him to both retreat from the spotlight and reflect.
The Daily Beast
Other celebrity books are full of anecdotes that have mostly been told ad nauseam on talk shows and interviews over the years. But chapter after chapter, Richards’ book is littered with stories about his time before, during, and after Seinfeld that feel genuinely fresh—even for obsessive fans of that series.
Chuck Dixon
Reading Michael Richard’s new book. I’m 100 pages in and it’s already the best show biz autobiography I’ve ever read.
Rolling Stone
In his new autobiography, Entrances and Exits, Richards charts the path through his early career as an aspiring actor, comedian, and spiritual seeker in the 1960s and 1970s, to his first major small-screen foray with the early-Eighties sketch comedy show Fridays (which also happened to be his first collaboration with writer and future Seinfeld co-creator Larry David), to the creation of Kramer and his ascension to a household name.... And indeed, the story of Michael Richards is one of humor and anger, good and ill, rise and fall. There’s a light to it and a dark to it.
Library Journal
06/28/2024
Emmy Award winner Richards, who played Kramer on the hit TV show Seinfeld, begins his memoir with stories about his California upbringing with a grandmother with schizophrenia who took care of him while his mother worked. As a child, Richards was told his father died in World War II, but he later learned that his mother's pregnancy was the result of a rape. As he grew up, Richards discovered his penchant for physical comedy and a love of theater. Stage performances and stand-up comedy led to his being cast in the 1980s TV comedy sketch show Fridays, alongside future Seinfeld cocreator Larry David. Richards is an engaging storyteller, whether sharing his adventures in the U.S. Army's V Corps Training Roadshow; his interest in literature, dreams, and spirituality; or the number of Cuban coffees he consumed to stay awake as an extra on Miami Vice. He also discusses the development of Kramer's character and goes behind the scenes of Seinfeld episodes. The memoir doesn't neglect to discuss Richards's life after Seinfeld, including a canceled sitcom and his racist rant to a heckler at the Laugh Factory in 2006, which led to introspection and a self-imposed exodus from the spotlight. VERDICT Comedy fans will enjoy this revealing memoir that proves there's much more to Richards than Kramer.—Denise Miller
