Woody Allen

"Have you undergone psychoanalysis? What did your psychoanalyst say?" "He agreed with me that I need therapy. He also believes his fee is reasonable..." Despite this famous line, Woody Allen insists that he should not be confused with his characters. He is an ordinary person who enjoys strolling through the streets of New York, lives a normal life, goes to bed early, is disciplined, and generally functions well. And perhaps we might never have heard of him if he had been a slightly more diligent student... After being expelled from New York University and City College, Woody Allen began to pursue writing professionally. He wrote material for various comedians until he decided to become a comedian himself. In 1964, he was performing at a club in New York when he wrote the screenplay for "What's New Pussycat?", which became a huge success. In 1969, he directed his first film, "Take the Money and Run." Since then, he has never stopped enchanting, surprising, and often causing uncontrollable fits of laughter with an impressive body of work that exceeds thirty films. Among them are "Bananas," "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex," "Sleeper," "Annie Hall," "Manhattan," "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy," "Broadway Danny Rose," "Zelig," "Hannah and Her Sisters," "The Purple Rose of Cairo," "Radio Days," "September," "Bullets Over Broadway," "Manhattan Murder Mystery," "Mighty Aphrodite," "Everyone Says I Love You," "Deconstructing Harry," "The Curse of the Jade Scorpion," and "Hollywood Ending." He has also written three plays, "Don't Drink the Water," "Play It Again, Sam" (which he also adapted for the screen), and "The Floating Lightbulb," appeared in his own special television programs, and collaborated for years with The New Yorker and other publications. His work has become part of cinema history, adored equally by intellectuals and millions of ordinary viewers, and rivers of ink have been spent analyzing it. However, he seems to approach it with remarkable humility: "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve immortality by not dying." Despite his immense fame and universal recognition as one of the most important creators of our time, Woody Allen remains an adorably shy person who feels uncomfortable with celebrity. If he could, he would prefer to be someone else, and on Mondays, he still plays clarinet with his band at a small jazz club in New York, just as he did thirty years ago.