I Wrote This for Attention

De: Lukas Gage

Narrado por: Lukas Gage

A riveting and heartwarming memoir by the actor of White Lotus and Euphoria that details his upbringing in the west coast—including a broken family, struggles with addiction, sex, borderline personality disorder—and his commitment to being the center of attention at all times, even as he actually becomes a star.

Lukas Gage was having one of the shittiest weeks of his life. His beloved grandmother was dying. And Lukas was sitting next to his father, a man who had been mostly absent in his son’s childhood—except when talking to Lukas about tits because he loved nothing more than tits, and listening to Howard Stern on the radio. They were across the street from a building in Century City, where months prior, Lukas had to grapple with the dissolution of his marriage. This week had it all: death, divorce, and daddy issues.

In that room, Lukas did the smartest thing anyone can do in a crisis: doom scroll to see what random people on the internet were saying about him. People were calling him an attention whore—and they were absolutely right. Lukas Gage was no stranger to going viral. He loved attention. As a toddler, he set his room on fire. As a child, he hugged and flirted with women at Hooters to his father’s delight. As a teen, he stole handles of alcohol and cherry cough syrup. He had sex at a restroom in Chili’s, and fell hopelessly in love with a girl who wore an ankle monitor. He became an actor and filmed that scene in White Lotus (if you know, you know). Lukas was scared of attention and yet he craved it more than anything in the world.

I Wrote This for Attention is a riveting, exquisite memoir full of heart that chronicles Lukas’s coming of age in the haunting underbelly of San Diego and clawing his way to stardom. Lukas captures the universal anxieties of transitioning from innocence to adulthood, of feeling too much and nothing at all. Sex and death, fame and familial strife, drug abuse and Raya, I Wrote This for Attention is a remarkable achievement of healing, of vaping through therapy sessions, and of having the courage to forgive the family that hurt you and set yourself free.

A breath of fresh air

Breathtaking, the honest, and refreshingly vivid. This wonderfully written and performed memoir is free from the fake polish and ideology-driven virtue signaling infesting most modern memoirs. A rare find.

Funny, relatable, and gut wrenching

Give it a listen you will not regret it this is a book about a human person for human people

What a Life

Lukas should be doing more audible books, great voice.
Would have enjoyed more on his professional career so far as behind the scenes scoop.

Wow I loved this and was NOT expecting to

And when finished I came out thinking Gage, you a genius, the voice of a generation, and I may be in love with you. But how will that work long term for us? Who cares! THIS BOOK IS INCREDIBLE!

Remarkable young man

His spirit amazing! I wish him success,happiness, good health and Love! He is vey talented.

Lukas Gage has a gift!

A true storyteller and an honest human. Really enjoyed. His narration makes it all the more compelling!

beautiful and moving ❤️

This was a deeply relatable and reflective read for a fellow attention seeker. Loved every second of it, wish I could listen to it again for the first time, over and over.

Charmingly told and narrated

While his life has already been a whirlwind, the author has insight and seems evenhanded evaluating himself and those around him.
I enjoyed this audiobook as I have enjoyed many of his screen appearances.

Holds your attention from the very beginning!

Great read. I appreciate your brutal honesty & raw vulnerability. I think a lot of people will be able to relate to your story. Also, u have a great voice. I hope to hear your voice on other Audible books.

Top 10 book of the year

I did not know much about Lukas Gage before this book and do not read much non fiction, especially autobiographies, Wow this story was so well told and the narration by the author was top tier. Really gives million little pieces vibes with raw honesty. Thank you for sharing your story Lukas!