There’s no traditional three act structure – or beginning, middle and end – to a family tree. By its nature, it has almost infinite different branches, or episodes, to explore in every direction. – Jim Piddock
Chris O’Dowd is a very special talent. He’s one of those very, very rare actors who can be the clown, or he can be the straight man playing off the clown, in a scene. – Jim Piddock
I have immense admiration for the writer/directors and director/actors who just seamlessly do both jobs at the same time. – Jim Piddock
Most of my writing work has been in film. I have done some TV, but most of it has been in film. – Jim Piddock
The truth is very few of us are related to Napoleon or Cleopatra. Although, those are bad examples as I am actually descended from both of them. – Jim Piddock
I’m an old school actor in the sense. More and more now, I play myself as I get older. Even as a writer, I never got typecast. I’ve always bounced from project to project or initiated my own things. – Jim Piddock