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[about Woody Guthrie] His influence on me was never in inflection or in voice. What drew me to was that hearing his voice, I could tell he was very lonesome, very alone and very lost in his time. That`s why I dug him.
Bob Dylan
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I`m a Gemini, so I have two personalities. I was really silly. I did crazy Woody Allen voices all the time, but I was also very shy around boys. And I had the older boyfriend. I met up recently with guys I knew in high school, and they said, I used to hav...
Monica Keena
Keywords: all :: allen :: also :: and :: around :: boyfriend :: boys :: but :: crazy :: crus :: did :: gemini :: guys :: had :: have :: high :: in :: knew :: met :: older :: personalities :: really :: recently :: said :: school :: shy :: silly :: so :: the :: they :: time :: to :: two :: up :: used :: very :: voices :: was :: with :: woodySource: imdb.com
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[On why he makes films about Irish-Americans] "I feel Irish-Americans are the forgotten minority group. Nobody else is making films about them. You have Woody Allen and Paul Mazursky making films about Jewish-Americans, you have Martin Scorsese and Franci...
Edward Burns
Keywords: about :: allen :: americans :: and :: are :: copp :: else :: feel :: films :: forgotten :: francis :: group :: have :: he :: irish :: is :: jewish :: makes :: making :: martin :: mazursky :: minority :: nobody :: on :: paul :: scorsese :: the :: them :: why :: woody :: youSource: imdb.com
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It was my first movie (Stardust Memories (1980)) and the opportunity of working with Woody Allen. It was a great experience, and I can compare it, in sexual terms, with the lost of virginity.
Sharon Stone
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[On Woody Allen] I just adore Woody. We have a lot in common. We`re New Yorkers, Jewish. We have a very easygoing relationship.
Scarlett Johansson
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[On Woody Allen] I just adore Woody. We have a lot in common. We`re New Yorkers, Jewish. We have a very easygoing relationship.
Scarlett Johansson
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[on William Powell] The later ones [the Thin Man pictures] were very bad indeed, but it was always a joy to work with Bill Powell. He was and is a dear friend, and in the early Thin Man films with Woody Van Dyke, we managed to achieve what for those days ...
Myrna Loy
Keywords: achieve :: always :: an :: and :: bad :: bill :: but :: days :: dear :: dyke :: early :: films :: for :: friend :: he :: in :: indeed :: is :: it :: joy :: later :: man :: managed :: on :: ones :: pictures :: powell :: the :: thin :: those :: to :: van :: very :: was :: we :: were :: what :: william :: with :: woody :: workSource: imdb.com
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When he hired me, Oliver [Oliver Stone] said, `I`m making a table. I have four legs already - Robert Downey Jr., Juliette Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones and Woody Harrelson. And I`m going to have a fifth leg on my table. And if that leg is wobbly, my table is a v...
Tom Sizemore
Keywords: already :: and :: downey :: fifth :: four :: fucked :: going :: harrelson :: have :: he :: hired :: if :: is :: jones :: jr :: juliette :: lee :: leg :: legs :: lewis :: making :: me :: my :: oliver :: on :: robert :: said :: stone :: table :: that :: to :: tommy :: up :: very :: when :: wobbly :: woodySource: imdb.com
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Woody (Woody Allen) 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.
Gene Wilder
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Woody (Woody Allen) 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.
Gene Wilder
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(On working with Woody Allen & filming Deconstructing Harry) "He doesn`t even give you the script, he just gives you your scenes. On Harry, I was working with Philip Bosco and we were in it a lot - that Screen Actors` Guild scale minimum payment he gives ...
Paul Giamatti
Keywords: actors :: allen :: and :: bosco :: deconstructing :: doesn :: even :: filming :: give :: gives :: guild :: harry :: he :: in :: it :: just :: lot :: minimum :: on :: payment :: philip :: scale :: scenes :: screen :: script :: sur :: that :: the :: was :: we :: were :: with :: woody :: working :: you :: yourSource: imdb.com
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Woody Allen makes Woody Allen comedies and they are all about him. Steven Spielberg likes to tell someone else`s story and it is not only about him. Fine direction such as Spielberg`s is rare. You have to be very confident to direct actors. Too many direc...
Samantha Morton
Keywords: about :: actors :: all :: allen :: and :: are :: as :: be :: comedies :: confident :: direct :: direction :: directors :: else :: fine :: have :: him :: is :: it :: likes :: makes :: many :: not :: only :: rare :: someone :: spielberg :: steven :: story :: such :: tell :: they :: to :: too :: very :: woody :: youSource: imdb.com
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Woody Allen makes Woody Allen comedies and they are all about him. Steven Spielberg likes to tell someone else`s story and it is not only about him. Fine direction such as Spielberg`s is rare. You have to be very confident to direct actors. Too many direc...
Samantha Morton
Keywords: about :: actors :: all :: allen :: and :: are :: as :: be :: comedies :: confident :: direct :: direction :: directors :: else :: fine :: have :: him :: is :: it :: likes :: makes :: many :: not :: only :: rare :: someone :: spielberg :: steven :: story :: such :: tell :: they :: to :: too :: very :: woody :: youSource: imdb.com
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[on Frank Capra] He was my favorite director. Woody Allen and I once sat in a restaurant and picked five pictures we`d take to an island. And much to my shock, he didn`t take a Capra picture and I took two. He took three Ingmar Bergman movies.
Burt Reynolds
Keywords: allen :: an :: and :: bergman :: capra :: didn :: director :: favorite :: five :: frank :: he :: in :: ingmar :: island :: movies :: much :: my :: on :: once :: picked :: picture :: pictures :: restaurant :: sat :: shock :: take :: three :: to :: took :: two :: was :: we :: woodySource: imdb.com
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I was voted best-looking kid in high school but, as you can see, things changed. I used to say I was a 260-pound Woody Allen. You can make that 295-pound now.
James Gandolfini
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That was a very surreal experience: I had studied the script right down to the punctuation marks, and then he would say `we`re not going to say what`s on the page, and you don`t really have to either, try to keep up.` - On working with Woody Allen.
Zach Braff
Keywords: allen :: and :: don :: down :: either :: experience :: going :: had :: have :: he :: keep :: marks :: not :: on :: page :: punctuation :: re :: really :: right :: say :: script :: studied :: surreal :: that :: the :: then :: to :: try :: up :: very :: was :: we :: what :: with :: woody :: working :: would :: youSource: imdb.com
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Not to sound like a whore, but I`ve been with...I`ve worked with...some very attractive men. Nicolas Cage...Al Pacino...Ben Stiller...and Woody Allen.
Tea Leoni
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I didn`t feel it would be any fun. I don`t feel connected to basketball. At least, when I do a baseball movie, I know I`m gonna have a good time. - On why he turned down Woody Harrelson`s part in White Men Can`t Jump (1992).
Charlie Sheen
Keywords: 1992 :: any :: at :: baseball :: basketball :: be :: can :: connected :: didn :: do :: don :: down :: feel :: fun :: gonna :: good :: harrelson :: have :: he :: in :: it :: jump :: know :: least :: men :: movie :: on :: part :: time :: to :: turned :: when :: white :: why :: woody :: wouldSource: imdb.com
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My first meeting with Woody Allen lasted 30 seconds. He looked at me, said hello, asked someone to take a Polaroid, thanked me very much and I was shown the door. When I came out, the woman due after me was still doing the same thing as when I went in. Sh...
Dianne Wiest
Keywords: 30 :: after :: allen :: and :: as :: asked :: at :: came :: doing :: door :: due :: first :: he :: hello :: in :: lasted :: looked :: me :: meeting :: much :: my :: out :: polaroid :: said :: same :: seconds :: she :: shown :: someone :: still :: take :: thanked :: the :: thing :: to :: very :: was :: went :: when :: with :: woman :: woodySource: imdb.com
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[on Woody Allen] Woody Allen is a genius. His films are wonderful.
Mel Brooks
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[on Woody Allen] Woody Allen is a genius. His films are wonderful.
Mel Brooks
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I don`t know if it`s really important, or intelligent even, when people say to me I`m a white Spike Lee, because they said to Spike Lee you`re a black Woody Allen.
Mathieu Kassovitz
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I would love to develop my career on both sides of the camera in the way Woody Allen has done down the years. [Glasgow Evening Times, 22 January 2003].
Amber Benson
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Of course I recognized myself in the roles [Woody Allen] wrote. I mean, in Annie Hall (1977) particularly. I was this sort of novice who had lots of feelings but didn`t know how to express herself, and I see that in Annie. I think Woody used a kind of ess...
Diane Keaton
Keywords: 1977 :: allen :: and :: annie :: but :: course :: didn :: essential :: express :: feelings :: had :: hall :: herself :: how :: in :: kind :: know :: lots :: mean :: myself :: novice :: of :: particularly :: qu :: recognized :: roles :: see :: sort :: that :: the :: think :: this :: to :: used :: was :: who :: woody :: wroteSource: imdb.com
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Of course I recognized myself in the roles [Woody Allen] wrote. I mean, in Annie Hall (1977) particularly. I was this sort of novice who had lots of feelings but didn`t know how to express herself, and I see that in Annie. I think Woody used a kind of ess...
Diane Keaton
Keywords: 1977 :: allen :: and :: annie :: but :: course :: didn :: essential :: express :: feelings :: had :: hall :: herself :: how :: in :: kind :: know :: lots :: mean :: myself :: novice :: of :: particularly :: qu :: recognized :: roles :: see :: sort :: that :: the :: think :: this :: to :: used :: was :: who :: woody :: wroteSource: imdb.com
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I`m a neurotic mess. I`m really basically just like a 260-pound Woody Allen.
James Gandolfini
Source: imdb.com
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You don`t improvise. Well, you might improvise in a moment, trying to find something but for the most part everything is written by Woody, every word.
Mark Rydell
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Working with Woody Allen is like filming Howard Hughes`s will. It`s a very mysterious and strange event. You never get a peek at the whole will.
Michael O`Donoghue
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Woody has always been a reference point for me, as well a source of inspiration along the way. I was brought up around his music at a pretty early age, ... The reference in the song relates more to the way my own children have become fans, I guess (laughs...
Jay Farrar
Keywords: age :: along :: always :: around :: as :: at :: become :: been :: brought :: children :: early :: fans :: for :: guess :: has :: have :: his :: if :: in :: inspiration :: laughs :: me :: more :: music :: my :: of :: own :: point :: pretty :: reference :: relates :: song :: source :: the :: there :: to :: up :: was :: way :: well :: woodySource: thinkexist.com
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Woody and Paul are the premier guys,
Arnon Soffer
