Woody Allen is an award winning screenwriter, director, actor,author, comedian and playwright. He began his career doing stand up comedy routines and portrayed the character of an intellectual, insecure, neurotic, yiddish man whom he would later use as the cornerstone character in many of his featured films. At the age of 19, he would write monologue jokes for both the Ed Sullivan Show and the Tonight Show. He also wrote several jokes and appeared on the popular television program Candid Camera. In addition, he wrote for several publications including the New Yorker and wrote several Broadway plays including ‘Play It Again Sam’ in 1969. Allen’s film career spans six decades. Some of his many known films include Annie Hall in 1976 and Midnight in Paris (2012) which both went on to win Academy Awards. His off screen life has been heavily criticized for his affair with his step daughter Soon-Yii who he would later go on to marry after his then wife (Mia Farrow) found out about the affair and divorced him. Even though Allen never legally adopted Soon-Yii, it has caused a rift with his stepson , his ex-wife and the media and has portrayed Allen in a negative light with many calling him a child molester. In the future, Allen hopes to create a film about the Jazz industry in New Orleans when he can get the financial backing to do so. Out of Allen’s many comedic quotes, Allen uses this quote to discuss how in life it’s not so much about the result but is more about the effort made to show up to the big show…
| “Eighty percent of success is showing up.” – Woody Allen |
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