Top 604 Woody Allen Quotes & Sayings - Page 6
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Last updated on November 19, 2024.
I met Joan Allen at an L.A. Film Critics Awards' dinner, and I said, 'I want to write a movie for you.'
I like to think of myself as the middleman between Fred Allen and Henny Youngman.
Even with politics, stuff comes around again. Woody Guthrie would recognize America today.
I'm not a fan of analytics. When I was a kid, I couldn't tell you what percentage Allen Iverson shot, or Michael Jordan.
I was in my late 20s, in the process of shaping my musical outlook and what I wanted it to be about, when I first encountered Woody Guthrie.
It sounds like something from a Woody Guthrie song, but it's true; I was raised in a freight car.
Most people think that I heard Bob Dylan first and got a cap and harmonica. Really, it was Woody Guthrie. He was so influential.
We did that with people like Chris Rock, Woody Harrelson, and the environmentalist Julia Butterfly Hill.
Everyone thinks Lily Allen is this brash, bold, funny person. It was all just a bit of a facade and bravado.
Allen [ Ginsberg] was a particular friend, one of my heroes, really. I knew him almost as long as I've been writing.
When you have players like Aaron Ramsey, Gareth Bale, and Joe Allen, you've got to play football.
Me and Woody Harrelson, we're twins. We're the same person. I should only make movies with him.
No one turns down a film with Woody; it's something everyone wants in their career as an important moment. He's such a comedic genius, without question, so I was thrilled.
I've listened to and know Allen Ginsberg music and met him a couple of times, but I don't have any strong statements to make.
The Steve Allen Sunday night show had the right to two options after my first performance.
Woody [Harrelson] and I actually worked together years ago on North Country. So I felt completely at ease.
Any nobody from the folk blues world could avoid being influenced by Woody Guthrie, who is actually of Scottish-Irish ancestry.
I think in Boston we had three great players in Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen.
You'll find God in the church of your choice, you'll find Woody Guthrie in the Brooklyn State Hospital.
I never saw [Allen Ginsberg] as some kind of crazy figure.
Whatever I had to prove in the 'Flash' world about myself as an actor, I proved as Henry Allen.
I can remember back as far as age 8, performing with the Boston Folk Song Society. It was a Woody Guthrie song.
I fell in love with folk music at Surprise Lake Camp. It was the songs of Woody Guthrie and the Weavers.
I miss the outspoken pop stars like Lily Allen.
My style of performance poetry came from the beatniks, Allen Ginsberg.
Tony Allen is a good defender, very smart.
I've done tons of Debbie Allen musicals. I was a dancer in 'Glee,' and I was a Laker girl for three months.
When I got out of high school, I joined a local blues band in Philadelphia - Woody's Truck Stop.
'The Santa Claus' with Tim Allen, I watch it in July. I think he's so funny.
Woody makes a movie as if he were lighting 10,000 safety matches to illuminate a city. Each one is a little epiphany: topical, ethnic, or political.
Woody is so musical in his filmmaking. I've never worked with anyone I've trusted so completely. He won't let you hit a false note.
I grew up on Edgar Allen Poe, and I loved Alfred Hitchcock's movies.
Recording with Meek Mill for me was like when Allen Iverson played with Michael Jordan for the first time.
Woody Harrelson was just so much fun. He's a child at heart, and he loved being in a 'Star Wars' film, I think.
I tend to look way back for my inspiration: H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allen Poe.
I honestly don't know how John Allen can look at himself in the mirror and say why he supports Hillary Clinton.
I never really read Allen Ginsberg poetry, even though I have a book he gave me.
The worst gift I have ever gotten on Christmas is going to see Tim Allen in 'The Santa Clause.'
It's a required part of your film history to know who Woody is. His movies are so wonderful, and not just funny but so insightful about human behavior.
I have lots of things that aren't so old that I value, such as a copy of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl," which he signed for me.
When there's something you can't understand no matter how much you think about it, you can't let yourself brood over it forever. ~Allen Walker
Because Dickens and Dostoyevsky and Woody Guthrie were telling their stories much better than I ever could, I decided to stick to my own mind.
It was fascinating listening to this wonderful biologist, Sarah Allen Miller, speak of her relationship to these beings for 20 years.
Woody says I can make jokes, but I don't get them - I'm always looking deeper for the meanings.
I've known Woody Weatherman since fifth grade and I'm 46 so that's a long time man.
Human, Allen, is an adjective, and its use as a noun is in itself regrettable.
Edgar Allen Poe really started me when I was 8. I fell in love with everything of his.
Interestingly that some of the characters did not turn out the way Jim and Allen had envisioned them.
I have two mini huskies called Woody Guthrie and Edison Guthrie.
But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men.
Allen's [Gisberg] loyalty to his friends was extraordinary. And as he was dying he was calling people: "What can I do for you before I die? Do you need money? What can I do?".
Allen Iverson is a ball hog. You will never win a championship with him on your team.
I wanted to be Red Barber, Mel Allen or Howard Cosell. I loved their personalities and all of their sounds.
I just don't care what people like Lily Allen think about stuff.
One of my big influences as a young player was Allen Iverson. All I wanted to do was the left-to-right crossover, because that's the one he was doing most.
I'm Allen Walker!" My life....is over...I'm going to die.
Woody Pines is the best band I ever heard in my life I swear. I'm their biggest fan now!
Look, No Limit Texas Hold 'em is a game of reads, deduction and logic, and Allen Cunningham excels in each.
I just adored working with Woody. He was more than I could have ever dreamed of. I'd do it a million times over.
I did admire the comments and the music of Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie. And that didn't fly too well in the Deep South. It was not quite redneck enough.
