"Our love affair had more layers than a lasagna. We were both Italian. Passionate. Intense. Committed to our craft. We both had volcanic tempers. He was a diabolically handsome man who shared my love for film. Their cocaine-dusted romance continued after the film wrapped, and she picked him to direct her in the Broadway musical The Act."
"Marty had to go, but unfortunately the only person who could fire him was yours truly. So I did what had to be done. It damn near killed me and broke my heart. Their affair stumbled on, but ultimately the professional relationship could not continue despite the personal connection they shared."
Liza Minnelli's memoir, Kids, Wait Til You Hear This!, presents her life story with gossipy charm and Broadway flair. The book covers her journey from gilded Hollywood to New York, documenting struggles with addiction and health issues across multiple marriages. Minnelli approaches her narrative with bracing honesty, assessing everyone including herself without tact. The memoir contains numerous anecdotes involving celebrities like Princess Diana, Goldie Hawn, Charles Aznavour, Frank Sinatra, and others. A notable story involves her affair with director Martin Scorsese during the filming of New York, New York in 1977, which she describes as having "more layers than a lasagna." The relationship involved passionate intensity but ultimately ended when Minnelli had to fire Scorsese from directing her Broadway musical The Act.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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