I don't like theatrical actors and actresses. I like people that talk like real human beings. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Sometimes some of the best moments are contributed by the actors being creative, with their own improvisations. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I've always had an easy time directing actors because I always hire ones that are great before I get my hands on… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
For some reason it gives people pleasure to equate the life of certain movie actors or actresses with their actual lives. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
If the [actors] are working, and I have a dinner engagement, I don't do 20 takes. I do five takes and go… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I can do a limited amount of things and that's what I do and I feel comfortable doing it and I have… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
As I got more confident, I was able to let actors improvise, and do long takes. It's 10%, 5% you learn and… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
The less I speak to the actors, the better. And I always hire great people, and I don't want to impose my… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I have a great admiration for English actors and actresses and have used them at every opportunity over the years, but now… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I have great faith in the actors. When they improvise, it always sounds better than the stuff I write in my bedroom.… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
If I can play a scene in a master shot, I always prefer it. And the actors always prefer it. It's fun… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I myself don't like to speak to the actors at all. I like to hire great people and let them do their… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I don't like to reminisce much, and my walls don't have photographs of me and the actors I was with, or any… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
With films, I just scribble a couple of notes for a scene. You don't have to do any writing at all, you… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
There are drawbacks in being famous too, but you can live with those. They're not life-threatening. If the paparazzi are outside your… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
When you make the film, it's like a chef who works on the meal. After you're working all day in the kitchen… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I don't like to meet the actor and have a lot of conferences and talk about their sub-life and their off-screen life… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
“True, science has conquered many diseases, broken the genetic code, and even placed human beings on the moon, and yet when a man of… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Bisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
In every generation there are a few people who are authentically funny. The cosmetics change. You may not be able to articulate it, and… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I think Frank Capra was a much craftier filmmaker, a wonderful filmmaker. He had enormous technique, and he knew how to manipulate the public… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Gauguin flew into a frenzy! He held my head under the X-ray machine for ten straight minutes and for several hours after I could… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
What has gotten into you lately? Save a little craziness for menopause! — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I enjoy the making of the film and it's something for me to do. If nobody ever comes to my films, if people don't… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
A stockbroker is someone who invests other people's money until it is all gone. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Man cannot live by bread alone. Every once in awhile he needs a salad. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
All literature is a footnote to Faust. I have no idea what I mean by that. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
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