As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree,' probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.
Woody AllenYou are always a comedian by default. You are this way because you've been forced to be this way, but it is better to be the hero. So if you can be a persona, the great one of my lifetime of course was and is Marlon Brando.
Woody AllenParis is a very exciting city. I learned about Paris the same way that Americans do: from the movies.
Woody AllenI consider myself a completely lucky filmmaker. I've had nothing but good luck. Everything I've needed has come my way.
Woody AllenI was raised in a religious home. It was unreasonable enforced religion that turned me off it. It was a joyless, unpleasant, stupid, barbaric thing when I was a child and I've never gotten over that feeling. If you're talking about religion it's one thing; I don't hold Jewish religion with any more seriousness than I would any other.
Woody Allen