When the Academy called, I panicked. I thought they might want their Oscars back and the pawn shop has been out of… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Well, trouble's my middle name. Actually, my middle name is Marion, but I don't want you spreading that around. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I usually want to crawl into the ground after I make a film, almost invariably. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I don't believe in competition for artistic things. I just like the atmosphere of the Cannes festival. I don't want to win… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Real life is generally much duller and inevitably sadder, most of the time. In film, you control everything that's going on, so… — 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
My films are misinterpreted all the time. I don't mind that. Everybody's films are misinterpreted. But there's no malice or stupidity in… — 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
Some people want to achieve immortality through their works or their descendants. I prefer to achieve immortality by not dying. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
It's a wonderful thing to be able to create your own world whenever you want to. Writing is very pleasurable, very seductive,… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
When I am in New York, I want to be in Europe, and when I am in Europe, I want to be… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I don't have to 'freedom-kiss' my wife when what I really want to do is French-kiss her. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
A general philosophy of the female characters in my films is they all want something to believe in, and not having anything. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I write about what I want to write about, and so the film comes out as a very personal expression even if… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Everyone wants to get out of living where they're living now, because life is a pretty tough proposition and not much fun.… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. I don't want to live… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I would not like to live in the past because you don't get anesthetic when you go to the dentist. You don't… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I don't want to be immortal through my works. I want to be immortal by not dying. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Everything in life turns out to be a distraction from the real thing you want to do. There are a million distractions… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I write the script; nobody sees it, not the people that put the money in the picture. I cast who I want,… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I never ever see a film of mine after I release it to the public. I see it when I shoot it… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
People say that death is a part of life and there must be something to it, but I just see it as… — 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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