Top 604 Woody Allen Quotes & Sayings

I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.

Being in a Woody Allen film. I cherish it.

In this land of unlimited opportunity, a place where, to paraphrase Woody Allen, any man or woman can realize greatness as a patient or as a doctor, we have only one commercial American filmmaker who consistently speaks with his own voice. That is Woody Allen, gag writer, musician, humorist, philosopher, playwright, stand-up comic, film star, film writer and film director.

Woody Allen asked me to improv once. I said no.

I'm so from the Woody Allen/Spike Lee school.

What if Woody Allen called me and said, I'm working on this movie and there's a really divine role for you. We want exactly you! It would be such a fantasy. Forget it! My idol, Woody Allen!

My personal favorite is Woody Allen, who is just amazing as a comedian.

The way Woody Allen directs, there isn't a lot of direction. He kind of might give a few gentle suggestions, but he really says right from the first day, "Just make it sound natural, and if you don't like something, put it in your own words." And [Woody Allen] gives you a lot of freedom and just very polite.

Probably the only way Woody Allen and I are similar is that he has a lot to say about Nietzsche.

Woody Allen is in his '70s and he's making movies, so I look forward to getting there.

I'm not a big Woody Allen fan, but thought 'Husbands and Wives' was great.

From the onset of the 'Live-Read' series, we wanted to hit all the major writers and Woody Allen is simply one of the greatest screenwriters of all time. He has ability to match pathos and comedy and drama and then turn it all on a dime. If you're going to make a series based on dialogue, you can't find much better than Woody Allen.

Working with Woody [Allen] is like an emotional strip club without the cash.

My early prose style - this is so embarrassing - was sort of a suburban, Presbyterian knockoff of Woody Allen.

Johnny Depp and I think Woody Allen would be fun to hang out with.

I'm ready to do a Woody Allen comedy.

Through movies, I have met nearly everyone I have wanted to, except Woody Allen.

I was definitely nervous turning up on my first day to shoot with Woody Allen.

Please don't try and dramatize my relationship with Woody Allen. He was never any kind of father figure to me.

Congratulations are in order for Woody Allen - he and Soon Yi have a brand new baby daughter. It's all part of Woody's plan to grow his own wives.

If Woody Allen called me, I'd be there straight away. Who wouldn't? Truly.

There are some things that other people just don't want to forgive you for. For instance, Woody Allen and Soon-Yi.

Woody Allen, that was a dream come true, although I never really talked to him. Auditioning was fun, because you don't really hear much about the script. They just said, "They want a Woody Allen type," so of course I got the call.

[In] 2010, Woody Allen said that he felt Barack Obama should be a dictator so that he could get things done, and the first thing obviously that Woody Allen wanted done is to make it legal to have sex with stepdaughters.

You never in a million years thought that you would ever end up in a Woody Allen film even though that might be your dream, and there you are. Suddenly you've got one. But you're not playing the quintessential Woody Allen heroine, which is somebody that's full of self-doubt and heartbreakingly naïve. Chloe in Match Point was a nightmare in some ways and totally entitled, and felt like everything was going to be all right. Most of the women in Woody Allen films feel like everything's awful. I didn't understand what to do. But some of the confusion is helpful.

I'm a writer and director, and the movie I've seen a million times is 'Stardust Memories' by Woody Allen, starring Woody Allen and Charlotte Rampling.

It's always been a dream of mine to be in a Woody Allen comedy.

I remember calling and asking, because I had a few lines that were like, "How could the character have done this?" and I hadn't read the part of the script that said what she [ Cate Blanchett] did, so they put me on the phone with Woody... Allen. I don't know if I could really say "Woody."

Your principal motive on a movie set is to get the film made, but on a Woody Allen set, there's an ulterior thing that goes on, which is, 'Did you have a conversation with Woody? How friendly have you been with him? Am I liked by him?'

Woody Allen would go for seven years without a movie and then make one that makes no money.

I'd love to work with Woody Allen.

I'd still like to work with Woody Allen.

I prefer to live in the country where it's quiet. Woody Allen movies there are dubbed into Italian.

You don't ever really get to know Woody Allen.

I'm a great fan of Woody Allen's movies.

Woody Allen movies are like Beatles songs. I can't name my favorite without you immediately naming a better one.

I definitely have a little Woody Allen inside of me. That is true.

I ran into Woody Allen shooting a movie on my block. I can't believe this is my life!

I've been watching 'Knives Out,' 'Fight Club' and many Woody Allen films.

I would die if Woody Allen ever called and said, 'Emma, I have a role for you.'

After working with Woody Allen, sharing screen space with De Niro was a dream come true.

Woody Allen said that 95% of history is explained as a man trying to impress a woman. And that's true in my life.

But nothing beats a Woody Allen film on a Sunday night, with a glass of wine and some leftovers.

It was kind of scary because working with Woody Allen becomes sort of a big deal in your mind. He directs in that Woody Allen character some of the time - he has these idiosyncrasies that are really charming and funny.

Woody Allen is kind of the one example I don't have. Because the way he works and the amount of shooting time that I did on that film, I didn't really get to know him, so he kind of stays as "Woody Allen" to me.

I loved Woody Allen's short pieces. I was equally influenced by Woody Allen and Norman Mailer. I was very into this idea of being high-low, of being serious and intellectual but also making really broad jokes.

My influences were Woody Allen and Lenny Bruce.

Once I made a boyfriend dress up as Woody Allen from 'Annie Hall.'

While filming 'Annie Hall,' I never really hung out with Woody Allen.

It took me little more than two years to complete my film, 'Woody Allen: A Documentary.' I conducted hours of filmed interviews with Woody, who put forward no ground rules about questions I could ask, or topics to avoid.

Just getting to talk to that person [Woody Allen ] in real life was pretty wild.

Woody Allen - legally, ethically, personally - was absolutely a father in our family.

I don't know enough about Woody Allen to be a fan of him.

If Woody Allen were a Muslim, he'd be dead by now.

Even death is wonderful because, as Woody Allen says, we're not going to know when it happens.

I think Woody Allen is Woody Allen, and no matter where he goes he still makes his Woody Allen films.

Woody Allen was the reason I wanted to move to New York City and one of the reasons I wanted to make films. I felt that I understood his films, and I love them so much. When you're starting out, certainly, you have this sense of wanting to talk back to people who have influenced you, and I always wanted to talk back to Woody Allen.

I love 'Bullets Over Broadway,' but I'm pretty sure Woody Allen hasn't killed somebody.

I would say that I'm not a fan at all of Woody Allen's.

My older brother took me to Woody Allen double features when I was still teething.