Woody Allen tells Venice Film Festival he ‘has not been held accountable for things I did poorly’
Controversial director Woody Allen said he has been “very lucky my whole life” and “not been held accountable for things I did poorly” in his work.
Speaking at a press conference at Venice Film Festival for his new film, Coup De Chance, he said: “When I started making films, all the people chose to emphasise what I was able to do well and to not hold me accountable for the things that I did poorly. They were very generous to me.”
The four-time Oscar winner, 87, has been embroiled in controversy after Dylan Farrow, his then-seven-year-old adoptive daughter with Mia Farrow, accused him of molesting her as a child.
Allen has denied the allegations, which Dylan first made in 1992. No charges have been brought against him.
Speaking at a press conference at Venice Film Festival for his new film, Coup De Chance, he said: “When I started making films, all the people chose to emphasise what I was able to do well and to not hold me accountable for the things that I did poorly. They were very generous to me.”
The four-time Oscar winner, 87, has been embroiled in controversy after Dylan Farrow, his then-seven-year-old adoptive daughter with Mia Farrow, accused him of molesting her as a child.
Allen has denied the allegations, which Dylan first made in 1992. No charges have been brought against him.
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00:00 [applause]
00:05 I've been very, very lucky.
00:08 I--lucky my whole life, really.
00:12 I had two loving parents.
00:16 I have good friends.
00:18 I have a wonderful wife and marriage, two children.
00:22 I'll be--in a few months, I'll be 88 years old.
00:26 I've never been in a hospital.
00:28 I've never had anything terrible happen to me.
00:31 I've been very, very lucky my whole life.
00:34 When I started making films,
00:37 all the people chose to emphasize what I was able to do well
00:42 and to not hold me accountable for the things that I did poorly.
00:47 They were very generous to me.
00:50 And I've been very lucky with my filmmaking,
00:54 and I've had over my lifetime much undeserved praise
00:59 and enormous amount of attention and respect.
01:03 And so I have nothing but, you know, good fortune,
01:08 and I hope it holds out.
01:10 Of course, it's early this afternoon, so--
01:12 [laughter]
01:14 But, you know, so far I've been very lucky.