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
profound intellectual film
One filmmaker makes films that are deep, intellectual, profound and confrontational. And the other one makes purely vacuous, escapist films. I'm not sure the one who makes escapist films is making a poorer contribution than the one who makes the deeper films.
cutting guy intellectual
Science is an intellectual dead end, you know? It's a lot of little guys in tweed suits cutting up frogs on foundation grants.
issues people intellectual
It seems to me that making escapist films might be a better service to people than making intellectual ones and making films that deal with issues. It might be better to just make escapist comedies that don't touch on any issues. The people just get a cool lemonade, and then they go out refreshed, they enjoy themselves, they forget how awful things are and it helps them - it strengthens them to get through the day.
american-director funny life seventy showing success
Seventy percent of success in life is showing up.
afraid american-director
It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens.
death easily few lying plus
On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down .
american-director beverly throw
In Beverly Hills... they don't throw their garbage away. They make it into television shows.
respond tendency
I don't respond well to mellow, you know what I mean, I-I have a tendency to... if I get too mellow, I-I ripen and then rot.
everytime hear invading wagner
Everytime I hear Wagner I feel like invading Poland.
bark creation figure god hard poet
As the poet said, "Only God can make a tree" - probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on
bad enjoy good hours night people sleep waking
The good people sleep much better at night than the bad people. Of course, the bad people enjoy the waking hours much more.
anybody anyone character confuse confusion highly jonathan lead sensitive time
Every time I've made a movie over the years . . . there was a lot of confusion between who I am and who the character in the movie is. In this picture, there was no way anybody could make that association. The lead character (played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is this gorgeous, troubled, highly sensitive character. There was no way anyone could confuse me with anyone in the picture.
diets-and-dieting eat
We like food, ... This is too much to eat at one time. You'd get sick.
happened lucky truly
one of the truly lucky things that happened to me in my life.