10 Questions for Woody Allen

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Would you ever consider repeating a character from one of your movies? I think it would be fascinating to see Danny Rose [from 1984's [ITALIC {Broadway DannyRose}]] in the autumn of his years. —Ed Hamilton, San Angelo, Texas
I've had many offers to do those things and I've always resisted them. I never like to make sequels or make my plays into movies or my movies into musicals. Once I do something, it's over for me. Many people have contacted me over the years to make [another] Annie Hall to see what happens with me and [Diane] Keaton down the line. It doesn't interest me enough to do it.

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How is it that Woody Allen just gets better and better looking the older he gets? —Sheila Levine, Seemy Valley, California
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