Woody Allen
Woody Allen
Heywood "Woody" Allenis an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, playwright and musician, whose career spans more than six decades...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth1 December 1935
CityBronx, NY
CountryUnited States of America
new-york fighting reality
I've never felt Truth was Beauty. Never. I've always felt that people can't take too much reality. I like being in Ingmar Bergman's world. Or in Louis Armstrong's world. Or in the world of the New York Knicks. Because it's not this world. You spend your whole life searching for a way out. You just get an overdose of reality, you know, and it's a terrible thing. I'm always fighting against reality.
afternoon never-been-kissed rainy
Until you've been kissed on a rainy Parisian afternoon - you've never been kissed.
thinking good-movie made
I'd like to make a great movie. I've made many movies. I think I've made some good movies. I've never felt I've made a great movie.
nice would-be impossible
Let's say there was no terrorism whatsoever and we were all very nice to one another and we were all kind, we still would be faced with an extremely cruel and hostile universe and existence and so I'm a great pessimist and I feel that it's impossible really to be happy, and that the best you can hope for is to be distracted.
funny life humor
Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable.
witty new-york humorous
There is no question that there is an unseen world. The problem is, how far is it from midtown and how late is it open?
people suffering trying
The only thing that does change, to some degree, is [that] you have some life experiences, you suffer a certain amount and you incorporate that into your work. Not in the content of your work, but in the sensibility of your work. It's nothing that you try and do; it just happens. And if you're lucky, people buy tickets to see it, and if you're not lucky, [then] they don't like it. But that's all.
divorce thinking water
Arlene and I have to get a divorce. She thinks I'm a pervert because I drank our water bed.
witty humorous conquer
I just can't listen to any more Wagner, you know...I'm starting to get the urge to conquer Poland.
hours baskets cases
Well, if I don't get at least 16 hours, I'm a basket case.
long able actors
As I got more confident, I was able to let actors improvise, and do long takes. It's 10%, 5% you learn and experience. The rest you just have or you don't have.
inspirational funny cheating
I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me.
funny running humor
I have bad reflexes. I was once run over by a car being pushed by two guys.
firsts opinion respectful
When I first started, there were writers that I looked up to that I felt very influenced by and very respectful toward their work and their opinion of my work.