Woody Allen in Las Vegas, 1966.

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Melinda and Melinda (2004, dir. Woody Allen).

Woody Allen meeting the Queen of England, 1966.

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“Woody Allen, the nightclub comedian, is formally charged with the minor offense of having written what is alleged to be the screenplay of What’s New Pussycat?. But Mr. Allen can deny it, if he wants to, and he is bound to be believed. He can simply state that no one in his right mind could have written this excuse for a script… The idea is neurotic and unwholesome, it lacks wit.”

- Bowsley Crother, The New York Times, June 1965

“Had they stuck to what I wrote I would have made it twice as funny and half as successful.”

- Woody Allen

Woody Allen on the cover of Esquire, September 1964.

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Annie Hall (1977, dir. Woody Allen).

« A big vodka company wanted a prestige ad. And they wanted to get Noel Coward but he was not available … 

They tried to get Laurence Olivier … They finally got me. The phone rings and the voice on the other end says, 

‘How would you like to be this year’s vodka man?’ And I said ‘No, I’m an artist. I do not do commercials. I don’t pander. I don’t drink vodka. If I did I wouldn’t drink your vodka.’ He said, ‘Too bad. It pays fifty thousand dollars.’

I said, ‘Hold on, I’ll put Mr. Allen on the phone.’ »

Woody Allen on the ads he did for Smirnoff in 1966.

These ads appeared in every major adult periodic on the newsstands and giant billboards plastered the campaign around the country.

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I tried to enlist in the army…they took one look at me and the draft board burned my draft card.

Woody Allen in Annie Hall (1977).

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Woody Allen, circa 1960s.

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Woody Allen at The Met, New York City, 1963. Photo by Ruth Orkin.

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Manhattan (1979, dir. Woody Allen).

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Woody Allen in Annie Hall (1977).

«The defendant did commit an adulterous act with a sheep - most distasteful in view of the fact that the sheep was under 18 years old.»

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid To Ask) (1973, dir. Woody Allen).