A review by medievil
What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life by Billy Dee Williams

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

For me, Billy Dee Williams was Lando Calrissian. And it was one of the main aspects that made me want to read his autobiography. This book made me realize how much more he is than just a character. Yes, he's that intergalactic swashbuckler hero, but he's also Louis McKay, Brian Walker, Martin Luther King Jr., Harvey Dent and so much more. A painter. A sex symbol. A son, a brother, a father and a grandfather. Someone who grew up at a time when Hollywood didn't fully embrace him because of his skin color, and yet he was able to turn it around. In short, an extraordinary human being with 80+ years of incredible, sad and funny stories to tell, not just about his career as an actor, but about everything that defined him. 

It's impossible not to admire the greatness of Billy Dee's life, his principles and his battles. And by the end he inspired me to be someone better and to reflect on life’s choices and meaning. 

Chandelier.