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'The Office' actor Rainn Wilson will release a book in 2014

Rainn Wilson's sitcom 'The Office' recently finished its run. The actor has also appeared in movies such as 'The Rocker.'

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Rainn Wilson starred as paper salesman Dwight Schrute in 'The Office.'

鈥淭he Office鈥 actor Rainn Wilson will write a memoir 鈥 kind of.

Wilson is writing a book for Penguin Random House imprint Dutton. He says it will chronicle his time growing up, a period in which he lived in New York, and his time acting on 鈥淭he Office,鈥 but says he wouldn鈥檛 attach the word 鈥渕emoir鈥 to the project.

鈥淚f I were in my 80s, had cured a disease and survived a war, I would be entitled to write a memoir,鈥 he said in a . 鈥淣o. The guy who is best known for playing a paper salesman with a bad haircut, tweeting fart jokes and starting a quirky spirituality website does not merit a 'memoir'. For the time being, let's call it a 'Serio-Comic Examination of my Life in Art, Faith and Comedy. And beets.鈥

The book is scheduled to be published in fall 2014.

Wilson is best-known for starring as salesman Dwight Schrute on the NBC comedy 鈥淭he Office,鈥 which ended last year, and also appeared in the 2008 movie 鈥淭he Rocker鈥 and 2010鈥檚 鈥Super.鈥

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