If You Would Have Told Me: A Memoir

By John Stamos

Book Overview

New York Times Bestseller

"...I love him, and I respect him, and I need him. We all do."
--from the foreword by Jamie Lee Curtis

If you would have told a young John Stamos flipping burgers at his dad's fast-food joint that one day he'd be a household name and that, at the height of his success, he'd be living alone, divorced, with no kids, high on a cocktail of forgetting, he might've asked, "You want fries with that?"

John burst onto the scene in General Hospital, propelling him into the teen idol stratosphere, a place that's often a point of no return. But Stamos beat the odds and over the past four decades has proved himself to be one of his generation's most successful and beloved actors. Whether showing off his comedic chops on Full House or his dramatic skills on ER, pushing the boundaries on Broadway or living out his youthful dreams as an honorary Beach Boy, John has surprised everyone, most of all himself.

A universal story about friendship, love, loss, and the courage to embrace love once more, John Stamos's memoir is filled with some of the most memorable names in Hollywood, both old and new. Funny, deeply poignant, and brutally honest, If You Would Have Told Me is a portrait of a boy who went from believing in Disney magic to a man who learns that we have to create our own magical moments in life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250890977
• ISBN13: 9781250890979
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent autobiography

3/25/26 - 3/29/26 If You Would Have Told Me by John Stamis An autobiography about John’s life and career in show business. His connection with people he has met in the business due to his career and what his family life has meant to him, along with many people in his life. I am a huge fan of Rick Springfield and was very saddened and disillusioned that Rick was not very warm and welcoming to John when he joined the cast of General Hospital. I’ve seen Rick in the public as a caring person most times. Although, I have seen a side of him as moody and not happy, but we all have a bad day. But I do know Rick preferred to be playing his music over acting as a heartthrob doctor on General Hospital and he was not happy in this role. Whereas John knew General Hospital knew it was his opening to give him his humble beginnings in the industry he wanted to be in, along with introducing him to so much more. I have to say unless John was a great B.S.’er he was always genuinely grateful for every person in his life and never found fault with anyone. Not even the difficult ones, the spilts with his ex-wives. His love for his family and friends is phenomenally outstanding. And I had tears when he lost his parents and Bob Saget. His closing last two paragraphs resonates in my heart and I hope I can remember them always. John Stamis is a gentleman through and through.