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Woody Allen

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Woody Allen is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, comedian, director, and screenwriter whose career spans eight decades.

Born in The Bronx around late November or early December 1935, Allen attended Midwood High School before going on to New York University. Alongside his work in film and writing, he also plays clarinet.

Among his notable works are Annie Hall, Manhattan, Crimes and Misdemeanors, and Sleeper. His output earned him a substantial collection of major industry honors: four Academy Awards, ten BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award. In 1997 he received the BAFTA Fellowship.

Allen has worked across the overlapping roles of filmmaker, actor, writer, and comedian throughout a career that, in its breadth of credits and awards, stretches across eight decades of American filmmaking.

Quotes by Woody Allen

Woody Allen's insights on:

Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering—and it's all over much too soon.
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Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering—and it's all over much too soon.
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You know, I don't think I could take a mellow evening because I - I don't respond well to mellow. You know what I mean? I have a tendency to - if I get too mellow, I - I ripen and then rot, you know.
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You know, I don't think I could take a mellow evening because I - I don't respond well to mellow. You know what I mean? I have a tendency to - if I get too mellow, I - I ripen and then rot, you know.
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I wanted to be an Olympic swimmer but I had some problems with buoyancy.
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I wanted to be an Olympic swimmer but I had some problems with buoyancy.
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Eternity is boring, particular towards the end.
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Eternity is boring, particular towards the end.
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There's no substitute for a great love who says, 'No matter what's wrong with you, you're welcome at this table.'
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There's no substitute for a great love who says, 'No matter what's wrong with you, you're welcome at this table.'
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The government is unresponsive to the needs of the little man. Under 5'7", it is impossible to get your congressman on the phone.
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The government is unresponsive to the needs of the little man. Under 5'7", it is impossible to get your congressman on the phone.
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In California, they don't throw their garbage away – they make it into TV shows.
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In California, they don't throw their garbage away – they make it into TV shows.
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I am very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch.
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I am very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch.
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It is impossible to travel faster than the speed of light, and certainly not desirable as one's hat keeps blowing off.
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It is impossible to travel faster than the speed of light, and certainly not desirable as one's hat keeps blowing off.
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He never made the ten-most-wanted list. It's very unfair voting. It's who you know.
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He never made the ten-most-wanted list. It's very unfair voting. It's who you know.
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