Photos: Glee's Jane Lynch Visits La Jolla

Actress Jane Lynch hosted the Emmy Awards on Sept. 18, was seen in the season three premier of Fox's Glee on Sept. 20 and most recently took the stage of the La Jolla Playhouse on Saturday evening. Lynch, who is best know as cheerleading Coach Sue Sylvester on Glee, spoke to more than 200 fans and signed copies of her new book Happy Accidents at an event hosted by .

Lynch's book is described as part comic memoir and part inspirational narrative.

Excerpt from Happy Accidents:

If I could go back in time and talk to my twenty-year-old self, the first thing I would say is: “Lose the perm.” Secondly I would say: “Relax. Really. Just relax. Don’t sweat it.”

I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t anxious and fearful that the parade would pass me by. And I was sure there was someone or something outside of myself with all the answers. I had a driving, anxiety-filled ambition. I wanted to be a working actor so badly. I wanted to belong and feel like I was valued and seen. Well, now I am a working actor, and I guarantee you it’s not because I suffered or worried over it.

As I look back, the road to where I am today has been a series of happy accidents I was either smart or stupid enough to take advantage of. I thought I had to have a plan, a strategy. Turns out I just had to be ready and willing to take chances, look at what’s right in front of me, and put my heart into everything I do. All that anxiety and fear didn’t help, nor did it fuel anything useful. My final piece of advice to twenty-year-old me: Be easy on your sweet self. And don’t drink Miller Lite tall boys in the morning.

Lynch's book can be found on the shelves at Warwick's or online.

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