Who is Colin Broderick?
That really depends on who you’re talking to. To some I’m a carpenter, to others, a writer, to a small handful I’m an ex husband, to others, I’m that crazy Northern Irish guy who drank a lot and now writes and makes movies, and to my four year old, Erica, I’m just daddy.
What are you working on at the moment?
At the moment I’m in that rare terrain where it’s all about publicity and selling my new memoir That’s That, which was published by Crown Publishing Group.
Do you have upcoming events you’d like people to attend?
Tuesday night, April 30th, 7pm I’ll be reading from That’s That at the Artists Without Walls’ Showcase at The Cell Theater, 338 W. 23rd Street.
Everyone should come to my book launch at Barnes & Noble, Warren street in Tribeca, May 14th at seven pm. The actor Josh Brolin will be there to introduce me, so that should be fun. I believe he is going to interview me about the process of writing this memoir which Random House are billing as “The first book to paint a detailed depiction of Northern Ireland’s Troubles.” There will be an afterparty at the Scratcher Bar all are welcome to come along with us after the reading.
Who are the writers, past and present, you admire?
Philip Roth, Hemmingway, Graham Greene, Fitzgerald, Jonathan Franzen, Bukowski, Adrienne Rich, and Woody Allen, to name just a few.
What are three of your favorite literary works?
A Moveable Feast; Hemmingway
The Great Gatsby; Fitzgerald
The End of The Affair; Graham Greene
Who is your greatest inspiration and why?
My daughter because she brings me into the moment and reminds me that innocence is still attainable.
Name five things you’d like to do or accomplish in the next five years.
- Buy a little house in the country.
- Write a novel.
- Direct this feature movie that I’ve written and complete another.
- Win both an Oscar and a Pulitzer.
- Stop worrying so much.
If you could dream of trying something in the arts you haven’t tried, but would like to, what would that be?
I’m going to start playing the Bodhran shortly.
What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?
I don’t have much of that at the moment, but if I do get a few hours I love to watch movies. I’m addicted to the screen; aren’t we all.
“That’s That” by Colin Broderick-Excerpt
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