India, Nov. 11 -- In the last few years, a string of memoirs by Hollywood icons has provided a peek into how they built a life for themselves, sometimes fighting against seemingly insurmountable odds. In his 2023 memoir, Making it So, Patrick Stewart, who died on October 28, traced his path from a difficult Yorkshire childhood and years with the Royal Shakespeare Company to worldwide fame as Captain Picard, the central character of the Star Trek franchise. Anthony Hopkins has written about his early hardships and his road to stardom with great candour and characteristic belligerence in We Did Ok, Kid. In The Steps, Sylvester Stallone draws on the short span when he was down and out before Rocky threw him a 'lifetime,' enabling him to fulf...