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Woody Allen: 'Can't Say I Don't Enjoy' Fame

It's 'disgusting', but great for dinner reservations

By Mark Russell,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 17, 2012 6:09 AM CDT

(Newser) – Paparazzi vs. good seats at basketball games. Loss of privacy vs. no waiting for doctors, even on weekends. Sure, fame has its problems, but the perks are pretty sweet, too, Woody Allen tells the Hollywood Reporter. "I'm not saying it’s fair—it's kind of disgusting—but I can't say I don't enjoy it," Allen said.

"There are drawbacks in being famous, but you can live with those, too," he said. "They’re not life-threatening." Allen examines life in the spotlight in his latest film, To Rome With Love. Life is tough, he said, regardless of whether you are famous, so it's "probably" the better choice to be famous. "The bad stuff is greatly outweighed by the dinner reservations."

Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn attend the premiere of To Rome With Love at Regal Cinemas LA LIVE on Thursday June 14, 2012 in Los Angeles.
Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn attend the premiere of "To Rome With Love" at Regal Cinemas LA LIVE on Thursday June 14, 2012 in Los Angeles.   (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP)
Woody Allen attends the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival premiere of 'To Rome With Love' on June 14, 2012.
Woody Allen attends the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival premiere of 'To Rome With Love' on June 14, 2012.   (Getty Images)
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Kookey90
Jun 17, 2012 9:16 PM CDT
My favorite Woody Allen joke: " Did you hear the one about the streetwalker that went to Venis and drowned." 
LenettW3
Jun 17, 2012 5:06 PM CDT
I can not stand this clown. Having sex with his daughter or adopted daughter whatever,then dumps Mia Farral who isn't much better. & all his movies make no sense. Plus he creeps me out just to look at him.
George-Jetson
Jun 17, 2012 1:11 PM CDT
Under aged female relatives are dreamy too
 

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