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Woody Allen Calls Himself "A Failed Artist"
28 October 2002
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Woody Allen sounded "characteristically self-deprecating," in the words of a Reuters dispatch, as he discussed his career at a news conference in Rome Saturday, describing himself as "a failed artist." He added: "I don't know how to act, I mean, I'm not an actor like Dustin Hoffman is an actor or Jack Nicholson is an actor, and I don't have enough talent to be a jazz musician. I'm very, very mediocre. In fact, I'm less than mediocre." He was even more deprecating about Hollywood, calling it "a place where people spend a huge amount of money and yet make very few, if any, decent films." Even films that are regarded as Hollywood's greatest masterpieces compare poorly with such European films as The Bicycle Thief, Grand Illusion or 8 1/2, which are, he said, "deeper works of art."
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