Woody Allen is a better actor than anybody from the Actors Studio, and he can be anybody he says he is.

And why not do something new every day of your life? Change! Change!

It gets tiring being a smartass.

I always say, 'If you can't give a reason for the banana peel being in the alley, then don't have the comic slide over it.' Do you understand what I mean? First explain how the banana peel got there quickly. And then there's a reason for all the comedy.

I don't think there's any thrill in the world like doing work you're good at.

As a diabetic, I'm a walking picnic. I have to eat measured amounts of food at certain times.

There's nothing attractive about doing a documentary. Nothing. It's hard, hard work, and I find having all the attention of the day on me a very unattractive proposition.