--- title: "1 Allen Quotes By Spalding Gray" description: "1 Allen quotes by Spalding Gray. Plus more from Spalding Gray and more Allen sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56b/spalding-gray-16991_allen_i-may-look-like-an-american-waspy-doctor_2734970.png" --- > [I may look like an American WASPy doctor or lawyer, but I feel just like Woody Allen. Don't cast me for my looks - I have a very ironic, existential, crazy Jew in me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spalding-gray/i-may-look-like-an-american-waspy-doctor-or-lawyer-but-i-feel-just/) [Spalding Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spalding-gray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56b/spalding-gray-16991_allen_i-may-look-like-an-american-waspy-doctor_2734970.png) ## More by Spalding Gray > [When Mom had her first nervous breakdown, she said she had a vision of Christ coming to her in the living room.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spalding-gray/when-mom-had-her-first-nervous-breakdown-she-said-she-had-a-vision-of/) [Spalding Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spalding-gray/) > [“It could drive you mad to wake up to the fact that your whole life has been about chasing some false goal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spalding-gray/it-could-drive-you-mad-to-wake-up-to-the-fact-that-your-whole-life/) [Spalding Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spalding-gray/) > [“And in this role (the Stage Manager) I could speak from my heart, you know!…provided I can memorize the lines.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spalding-gray/and-in-this-role-the-stage-manager-i-could-speak-from-my-heart-you/) [Spalding Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spalding-gray/) > [How theraputic it is to surrond yourself with people stranger than yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spalding-gray/how-theraputic-it-is-to-surrond-yourself-with-people-stranger-than/) [Spalding Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spalding-gray/) > [I was darkly convinced that at age 52 I would kill myself because my mother committed suicide at that age. I was fantasizing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spalding-gray/i-was-darkly-convinced-that-at-age-52-i-would-kill-myself-because-my/) [Spalding Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spalding-gray/) > [If I can make people laugh it's like being a good lover.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spalding-gray/if-i-can-make-people-laugh-it-s-like-being-a-good-lover/) [Spalding Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spalding-gray/) > [What's so fascinating about New Yorkers is that each person has a whole lexicon of personal logic in the way that they decipher and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spalding-gray/what-s-so-fascinating-about-new-yorkers-is-that-each-person-has-a/) [Spalding Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spalding-gray/) > [All the beautiful waitresses existed like eternal responsibilities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spalding-gray/all-the-beautiful-waitresses-existed-like-eternal-responsibilities/) [Spalding Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spalding-gray/) > [Skiing is better than sex actually, because for me a good round of sex might be seven minutes. Skiing you can do for seven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spalding-gray/skiing-is-better-than-sex-actually-because-for-me-a-good-round-of-sex/) [Spalding Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spalding-gray/) > [I say that I can't make anything up. I think of myself as a collage artist. I'm cutting and pasting memories of my life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spalding-gray/i-say-that-i-can-t-make-anything-up-i-think-of-myself-as-a-collage/) [Spalding Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spalding-gray/) > [I'm the man who sits behind a table and tells true stories from his life. I'm also an actor. I was trained as an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spalding-gray/i-m-the-man-who-sits-behind-a-table-and-tells-true-stories-from-his/) [Spalding Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spalding-gray/) > [The only thing I don't doubt is my doubt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spalding-gray/the-only-thing-i-don-t-doubt-is-my-doubt/) [Spalding Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spalding-gray/) > [He won't fly on the Balinese airline, Garuda, because he won't fly on any airline where the pilots believe in reincarnation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spalding-gray/he-won-t-fly-on-the-balinese-airline-garuda-because-he-won-t-fly-on/) [Spalding Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spalding-gray/) > [When people used to ask me why I got involved with Hollywood films, I would say jokingly that it was for the health insurance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spalding-gray/when-people-used-to-ask-me-why-i-got-involved-with-hollywood-films-i/) [Spalding Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spalding-gray/) > [When I was in therapy about two years ago, one day I noticed that I hadn't had any children. And I like children at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spalding-gray/when-i-was-in-therapy-about-two-years-ago-one-day-i-noticed-that-i/) [Spalding Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spalding-gray/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/allen/spalding-gray/#itemlist", "name": "1 Allen Quotes By Spalding Gray", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I may look like an American WASPy doctor or lawyer, but I feel just like Woody Allen. 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