Woody Allen Net Worth

Woody Allen's Quotes

• I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it by not dying.
• I'm not afraid of dying . . . I just don't want to be there when it happens.
• [in 1977] This year I'm a star, but what will I be next year? A black hole?
• On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily lying down.
• [asked if he liked the idea of living on on the silver screen] I'd rather live on in my apartment.

Interesting Facts about Woody Allen

1. His adopted daughter Bechet Dumaine, named after Sidney Bechet, was born in December 1998.
2. In October 1997 he was ranked #43 in Empire (UK) magazine's Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time list.
3. Refuses to watch any of his movies once released.
4. Dated Mia Farrow from 1980 to 1992. They adopted two children, Moses Farrow (b. 1978) and Dylan O'Sullivan Farrow (b. 1985), and had one son, Ronan Farrow (b. 1987). Mia Farrow became Allen's mother-in-law in 1997 when he married Soon-Yi Previn, the adoptive daughter of Farrow and second husband André Previn. In 2013, Mia sensationally claimed that Ronan may possibly be the biological offspring of her first husband Frank Sinatra, rather than Allen.
5. Suspended from New York University.
6. He loves Venice, and helped to raise funds to rebuild the Venetian theater La Fenice, which was destroyed by a fire.
7. In February 2000 he adopted his second daughter Manzie Tio Allen, named after Manzie Johnson, a drummer with Sidney Bechet's band, after she had been born in Texas.
8. Older brother of Letty Aronson.
9. Was once invited to appear with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
10. Among his biggest idols are Ingmar Bergman, Groucho Marx, Federico Fellini, Cole Porter and Anton Chekhov.
11. One of the most prolific American directors of his generation, he has written, directed and--more often than not--starred in a film just about every year since 1969.
12. Accused British interviewer Michael Parkinson of having a morbid interest in his private life and rejected questions about the custody battle for his children during his appearance on the BBC's Parkinson (1971) in 1999.
13. Born at 10:55 PM EST.
14. Despite the advancement of sound technology, all of his films are mixed and released in monaural sound, although later ones have a mono Dolby Digital mix.
15. In 2002 he made his first appearance at the Oscars in Hollywood to make a plea for producers to continue filming their movies in New York after the 9/11 tragedy.
16. Wrote the concept for the film Hollywood Ending (2002) on the back of a matchbook. Years later, he found the matchbook with the notes for the film on it and made the film.
17. In 2002 he attended the Cannes Film Festival for the first time to receive the Palm of Palms award for lifetime achievement.
18. He has more Academy Award nominations (16) for writing than anyone else, all of them are in the Written Directly for the Screen category.
19. After completing his first musical, Everyone Says I Love You (1996), he stated that he'd like to do another in the future with an all-original score. Since making that statement, however, nothing has yet materialized.
20. In addition to being a comedian, musician and filmmaker, he is also a respected playwright.