It's easier to direct. If you direct something poorly and re-shoot it the next day, stage it better, make it work better,… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
If I had my life to live over, I wish I could be a great pianist or something. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I can understand that an audience, buying a ticket to see a picture of mine, wants to see something funny because they… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
As an artist, you are always striving toward an ultimate achievement but never seem to reach it. You shoot a film, and… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
If I was to see any of my films now I would feel, oh god you know it's awful I could do… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I'm at the stage of life when if a girl says no to me I'm profoundly grateful to her. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
If 90% of success in life is showing up, the other 10% depends on what you're showing up for. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Throughout history in the theater and film people do like sarcastic characters, and they do like curmudgeons - if they're amusing, they… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Even if God exists, he's done such a terrible job, it's a wonder people don't get together and file a class action… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
If there is reincarnation, I'd like to come back as Warren Beatty's fingertips. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Retirement is a very subjective thing. There are guys I know who retire and they're very happy and they never miss work… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
You can be with your wife, very happily married, and then you meet some woman and you love her. But you love… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
If I just got up in the morning and had no place to go and was retired or something, I would be… — 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
Is it better to be the lover or the loved one? Neither, if your cholesterol is over six hundred. By love, of… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
The great question of philosophy remains: If life is meaningless, what can be done about alphabet soup? — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I like broad comedy. If I had an idea tomorrow for a film that was all slapstick and broad comedy, and it… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
In short, the best thing to do is behave in a manner befitting one's age. If you are sixteen or under, try… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I always thought it would be very funny if I was a blind film director. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
You can't work at a relationship; you can't control it. You have to be lucky and go through your life. If you… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I think that the tendency for most people is to fall back on a comic interpretation of things because things are so… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
If God is everywhere, I had concluded, then He is in food. Therefore, the more I ate the godlier I would become.… — 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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