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Woody Allen is an American film director, writer, actor, and comedian renowned for his witty, neurotic style and unique storytelling. His films, such as "Annie Hall" and "Manhattan," have helped shape modern American cinema. He remains a polarizing figure in both the film industry and public discussion. Here are 302 of his quotes:
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Woody Allen
You start to think, when you're younger, how important everything is and how things have to go right-your job, your career, your life, your choices, and all of that. Then, after a while, you start to realise that – I'm talking the big picture here – eventually you die, and eventually the sun burns out and the earth is gone, and eventually all the stars and all the planets in the entire universe go, disappear, and nothing is left at all. Nothing – Shakespeare and Beethoven and Michelangelo gone. And you think to yourself that there's a lot of noise and sound and fury – and where's it going? It's not going any place... Now, you can't actually live your life like that, because if you do you just sit there and – why do anything? Why get up in the morning and do anything? So I think it's the job of the artist to try and figure out why, given this terrible fact, you want to go on living.
Woody Allen
Woody Allen
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Occupation: American Director
Born: November 30, 1935
Quotes count: 302
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