Woody Allen: If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever.
Woody Allen: Human beings are divided into mind and body. The mind embraces all the nobler aspirations, like poetry and philosophy, but the body has all the fun.
Woody Allen: For me, being famous didn't help me that much. It helped a little. Warren Beatty once said to me many years ago, being a star is like being in a whorehouse with a credit card, and I never found that. For me, it was like being in a whorehouse with a credit card that had expired.
Woody Allen: I wasn't away. And I'm not back. "Match Point" was a film about luck, and it was a very lucky film for me. I did it the way I do all my pictures, and it just worked. I needed a rainy day, I got a rainy day. I needed sun, I got sun. Kate Winslet dropped out at the last moment because she wanted to be with her family, and Scarlett Johansson was available on two days' notice. It's like I couldn't ruin this picture no matter how hard I tried.
Woody Allen: It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better... while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more.
Woody Allen: It is impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune.
Woody Allen: Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
Woody Allen: On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily lying down.
Woody Allen: Students achieving Oneness will move on to Twoness.
Woody Allen: Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought--particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things.
Woody Allen: I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.
Woody Allen: I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.
Woody Allen: Eighty percent of success is showing up.
Woody Allen: Thought: Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.
Woody Allen: When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into action. They rented out my room.
Woody Allen: You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred.
Trade Mark: Nearly all of his films start and end with white-on-black credits, set in the Windsor typeface, set to jazz music, without any scrolling.
Trade Mark: He frequently plays a neurotic New Yorker.
Woody graduated from Midwood High School at Brooklyn College.
He has been nominated or won 136 awards, more than Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton & Harold Lloyd combined.
Woody adopted his second daughter, Manzie Tio Allen, after she was born in Texas. She is named after Manzie Johnson, a drummer with Sidney Bechet's band (jazz clarinetist).
Trade Mark: His thick black glasses, the same type since the 60s.
Trade Mark: He often makes films about a director making films, casts himself in lead role.
He's an atheist.
His second spouse was Louise Lasser. They got married on February 2, 1966 and divorced in 1969.
He used to date Diane Keaton, with who he made 8 movies.
Woody was chosen as the 89th Sexiest Stars in Film History by Empire Magazine in 1995.
Woody is a longtime fan of the NBA's New York Knicks and buys a season ticket every year.
Woody ranked #4 among Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Standups of All Time.
His biggest idols include Ingmar Bergman, Groucho Marx, Federico Fellini, Cole Porter, and Anton Chekhov.
He's 5'5" tall.
Woody has been nominated or won 136 awards, more than Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton & Harold Lloyd combined.
He is the brother of Letty Aronson.
Woody Allen refuses to watch any of his movies once released.
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