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Woody Allen
said
Sex alleviates tension. Love causes it.
— A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982).
Woody Allen
American filmmaker, actor and comedian (born 1935)
- Audience22.8K
- Fame84.6
- Momentum0.6
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- Audience22.8K
- Fame84.6
- Momentum0.6
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- Wikipedia259.3K
Born 1935 · age 91United States
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A filmmaker who churned out roughly a film a year for half a century, working the seam between New York neurosis and existential wit—until a custody battle in 1992 brought an abuse allegation that he was never charged for but never escaped.
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Born Allan Stewart Konigsberg in November 1935, he started as a comedy writer for Sid Caesar, then refined a fretful intellectual persona in Greenwich Village clubs and pieces for The New Yorker. After slapstick turns like Take the Money and Run and Sleeper, he made Annie Hall in 1977—a romantic comedy-drama with Diane Keaton that swept four Oscars and sealed him as an auteur of the New Hollywood wave. The decades that followed brought Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanors, and a nearly annual rhythm of films set mostly in New York. His professional and personal relationsh…
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Woody Allen
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To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.
— Stardust Memories (1980).
Woody Allen
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Love is the answer. But while you're waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions.
— Also found in "Quotations According to Woody Allen" from The New York Times (1 December 1975).
Woody Allen
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There have been times when I've thought of suicide but with my luck it'd probably be a temporary solution.
— Also found in "Quotations According to Woody Allen" from The New York Times (1 December 1975).
Woody Allen
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The difference between sex and death is, with death you can do it alone and nobody's going to make fun of you.
— Also found in "Quotations According to Woody Allen" from The New York Times (1 December 1975).
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- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay
- honorary doctorate of Pompeu Fabra University
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