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
knowing mind humans
Anything worth knowing cannot be understood by the human mind.
hands actors easy
I've always had an easy time directing actors because I always hire ones that are great before I get my hands on them.
thinking world ugly
That's the way I feel about the world: there are certain problems that can only be dealt with that way - going out and doing them. As ugly a truth as that is, I do think it's the truth about the world.
agreement people trying
There's a tacit agreement between myself and the audience that I will entertain them when they buy their ticket, and I've been the one that has screwed that up. Once in while I indulge myself and try something else, and I keep my fingers crossed that it will come out good and there'll be enough people who will enjoy it, but that doesn't often happen.
fighting life-is tragic
I've often felt that life is a hard deal and it's unrelentingly tragic and an uphill fight.
passing-away peers rooms
I see no advantages in aging whatsoever. You become shriveled. You become decrepit. You lose your faculties. Your peer group passes away. You sit in a room gumming your porridge. I don't see any advantage in this whatsoever.
marriage funny-love best-love
In my house I'm the boss, my wife is just the decision maker.
love-is answers poet
Maybe the poets are right. Maybe love is the only answer.
inspirational funny education
I had a terrible education. I attended a school for emotionally disturbed teachers.
funny humor science
Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought-particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things.
house sitting dinner
Me sitting down for dinner with Ingmar Bergman felt like a house painter sitting down with Picasso.
fun men two
Man consists of two parts, his mind and his body, only the body has more fun.
single divorce vacation
For a while we pondered whether to take a vacation or get a divorce. We decided that a trip to Bermuda is over in two weeks, but a divorce is something you always have.
imagination life-is my-imagination
All i have in my life is my imagination