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On the Road with Andrew McCarthy

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Partner:: National Geographic Live
Location:: National Geographic
Washington, D.C.
Event Date:: 07.05.11
Speaker:: Andrew McCarthy
Tags:: travel writing; actor; national geographic; andrew mccarthy; on the road; adventure

Summary: Most famous as an actor, Andrew McCarthy is also an award-winning travel writer. Here he shares his most memorable adventures on the road.

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Andrew McCarthy

Andrew McCarthy made his professional début at 19 in Class. He has appeared in dozens of films, including The Spiderwick Chronicles, The Joy Luck Club, Mulholland Falls, and of course such iconic movies as Pretty in Pink, St. Elmo's Fire, and Less Then Zero, as well as cult favorites Weekend At Bernie's and Mannequin.

On television, McCarthy co-starred for two seasons on Lipstick Jungle (where he also worked as a director). A few of his other TV credits include Royal Pains, Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital, and all the Law & Order's, as well as White Collar and Gossip Girl (both of which he worked as a director as well).

In the theater, he has starred on Broadway in the Tony Award winning play, Side Man, and in The Boys of Winter. Other New York appearances include Neil Labute's, Fat Pig and John Patrick Shanley's,Psycopathia Sexualis. He has directed several works of Neil Labute, as well as plays by Warren Leight and Julia Cho.

In a parallel career, Andrew is an award winning travel writer. He is an editor-at-large at National Geographic Traveler, and has written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal,Slate, Travel+Leisure, Afar, Men’s Journal, Bon Appetit, National Geographic Adventure, and others. The Society of American Travel Writers named him their 2010 “Travel Journalist of the Year,” and in 2011 he won their “Grand Award.” He also was awarded the 2011 “Grand Award” from the North American Travel Journalists Association, and has three times been cited for notable work in the "Best American Travel Writing" series. His memoir, THE LONGEST WAY HOME, will be published by Free Press in September 2012. He lives in New York.

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01.: Introduction

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02.: Becoming an Actor

02 min 07 sec

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03.: Getting His First Roll

02 min 02 sec

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04.: Finding Success

01 min 57 sec

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05.: Stepping Away from the Spotlight

01 min 07 sec

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06.: Becoming a Travel Writer

02 min 12 sec

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07.: Traveling as a Travel Writer

01 min 21 sec

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08.: Balancing Planning and Spontaneity

01 min 18 sec

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09.: Walking the Camino de Santiago

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10.: The Benefits of Travel

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11.: Most Transformative Trips

01 min 58 sec

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12.: The Most Difficult Aspects of Traveling

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13.: Identifying as an Actor and a Director

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14.: Future Projects

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Andrew McCarthy on Why He Loves to Travel

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Actor-turned-travel writer Andrew McCarthy discusses why he travels, and says the world would be a better place if more people traveled.
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National Geographic Society: U.S. scientific society founded in 1888 in Washington, D.C., by a small group of eminent explorers and scientists “for the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge.” At the turn of the 21st century it had approximately nine million members. It has supported more than 7,000 major scientific projects and expeditions, including those of Robert E. Peary, Richard E. Byrd, the Leakey family, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Jane Goodall, and Dian Fossey. It has published numerous books, atlases, and bulletins and has created hundreds of television documentaries. National Geographic Magazine is a monthly magazine of geography, archaeology, anthropology, and exploration. It became a leader in reproducing colour photographs and printing photographs of undersea life, views from the stratosphere, and animals in their natural habitats. It also became famous for articles containing substantial information on environmental, social, and cultural aspects of the regions covered. See also Gilbert Grosvenor.; National Geographic Society on britannica.com