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I think what I've recognized over the years is that I'm very, very bingey, extremely bingey when it comes to writing.

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Tony Gilroy
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 11
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Manhattan borough
New York City
Anthony Joseph Gilroy
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