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
action finally kidnapped parents realize rent snap
And my parents finally realize that I'm kidnapped and they snap into action immediately: They rent out my room.
heart parent identity
My parents were very Old World. They come from Brooklyn, which is the heart of the Old World. Their values in life are God and carpeting.
smart kids parent
I was a smart kid and I was not understood by my parents.
funny humor parent
When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into action. They rented out my room.
witty humorous parenting
And my parents finally realize I'm kidnapped and they snap into action immediately: They rent out my room.
funny humor parenting
I don't think my parents liked me. They put a live teddy bear in my crib.
years parent together
My parents stayed together for forty years. But that was out of spite.
almost came enjoying enjoyment experience films happens invariably rare rarely saw surprised
I like the film, and that's rare for me to say because I make films and I am almost invariably disappointed. When I saw ('Match Point'), I said, 'My God, it came out.' It surprised me. . . . So I am enjoying the experience because it happens so rarely for me.
both fool occurred occurs treated
It's something that occurs to me many times in my movies. They can often be treated comically or dramatically, and I usually opt to treat them comically. But it occurred to me that you could get a story and you could fool around with it both ways.
funny
I'm going to give my psychoanalyst one more year, then I'm going to Lourdes
advice cast gin improvise learnt
I let the cast improvise a lot, especially with the slang, where they would say 'g and t' for gin and tonic. I wouldn't say that. I would say 'dicey' when they would say 'dodgy.' I learnt a lot.
job
If my film makes one more person miserable, I've done my job
gained mistakes
I've gained no insight, no mellowing. I would make the same mistakes again.
american-director
I'm not afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens.