Woody Allen Says He Has Nothing in Common with Mel Brooks But Is a Bob Hope Plagiarist

“I love Mel Brooks. And I’ve had wonderful times working with him. But I don’t see any similarities between Mel and myself except, you know, we’re both short Jews. That’s where it ends. His style of humor is completely different. But Bob Hope? I’m practically a plagiarist.”

- Woody Allen to Esquire in a great piece for their “What I Learned” series that also sees him discussing his dinner with Ingmar Bergman (“like a house painter sitting down with Picasso”), why he doesn’t read any reviews, and the time a cabdriver taught him to shave as a kid.

Woody Allen Says He Has Nothing in Common with Mel […]