When I was younger it took a long time before I spoke at school, leading some concerned adults to question whether I could actually talk. “The film title that best describes my life would be ‘ The Quiet Man.’ Not only do I have an Irish background but I am also quite literally a quiet man. Just to remind myself how far I’ve come.” I rarely flick through my past work but when I’m having one of those days when my keyboard fingers aren’t working, my brain is seeping out of my nose and I’m on the brink of vowing to give up the writing game to join the circus, I’ll take a step back in time for half an hour or so. They might be poorly written and nonsensical but that’s all part of the process and if you have a body of work stretching way back, you can chart your own progression. Once upon a time I used to read my old work and cringe, but I don’t anymore. It’s as though they were written by a complete stranger. “It has to be ‘ The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.’ Unfortunately the internet has a long memory and when I look back on some of the articles I wrote when I was first starting out I wonder what the hell I was thinking. Lee Cassanell, Cine-Vue/ The New Empress: “There was a time when I’d go with something deep like ‘The Passenger,’ ‘The Island’ or, well, ‘The Deep.’ Some other pretentious ideas mostly of a philosophical nature could have been ‘Easy Rider,’ ‘Vantage Point,’ ‘My Science Project,’ ‘Don’t Look Back,’ ‘The Player or ‘Where the Truth Lies.’ But honestly, as a brand new father, the most appropriate title to describe my life right now is ‘ Parenthood.’ Six weeks in, being a parent defines me and dictates my days, and I can’t complain one bit.” “‘ The Sorrow and the Pity.’ Or at least that’s my dating life.” Burns, Philadelphia Weekly/ The Improper Bostonian : Also, try as I might, I can never get charges to stick against Richard Gere. “‘ Internal Affairs,’ because I’m a bit of an introvert.