Woody Allen

Director, Actor, Writer

Woody Allen is a renowned filmmaker and writer known for his unique blend of comedy and drama, particularly in films like 'Annie Hall'.

Born
December 1, 1935
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Rank
#386

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"The study of economy usually shows us that the best time for purchase was last year."

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"Honey, there's a spider in your bathroom the size of a Buick."

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"The food here is terrible, and the portions are too small."

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"Arlene and I have to get a divorce. She thinks I'm a pervert because I drank our water bed."

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"Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage."

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"I don't like to reminisce much, and my walls don't have photographs of me and the actors I was with, or any of that stuff... I try and keep that disciplined, and just work. There are so many traps you can get into, and looking back on your own work is certainly one of them."

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"You use sex to express every emotion except love."

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"A stockbroker is someone who invests other people's money until it is all gone."

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"We knew the front door was always left open, but we broke in just to keep in practice. Doxy turned all the Washburn family photos to the wall so there wouldn't be any witnesses."

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"I have bad reflexes. I was once run over by a car being pushed by two guys."

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"I want to return to the womb, anyone's."

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"I usually want to crawl into the ground after I make a film, almost invariably."

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"I believe in sex and death- two experiences that come once in a lifetime."

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"It's very hard to keep your spirits up. You've got to keep selling yourself a bill of goods, and some people are better at lying to themselves than others. If you face reality too much, it kills you.... you've got to find an answer to the question: Why go on?"

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"Let's say there was no terrorism whatsoever and we were all very nice to one another and we were all kind, we still would be faced with an extremely cruel and hostile universe and existence and so I'm a great pessimist and I feel that it's impossible really to be happy, and that the best you can hope for is to be distracted."

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"If God is everywhere, I had concluded, then He is in food. Therefore, the more I ate the godlier I would become. Impelled by this new religious fervor, I glutted myself like a fanatic."

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