“I Encourage Ad-Libbing A Lot”

From Peter O’Toole to Andre Dice Clay, Woody Allen has written dialogue for actors to not exactly be ignored but to be reinterpreted. He tells them to get his message across but to not feel hidebound to the screenplay. Louis C.K., one of Allen’s recent actors, would cut off your vagina if you stray from any of his words. Two very different approaches that have both yielded pretty miraculous results. In this 1965 clip, Allen talks about his first original screenplay, What’s New Pussycat.

Just prior to the Allen interview is a commercial for Hollywood Bread, which is usually served with a spread made from semen, cocaine and disappointment.



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