Conversations with Woody by Eric Lax

This is by far the most interesting article on Woody Allen I have read. Eric Lax talks about when he first met Woody Allen, he went to interview him about his new movie Bananas(1971) and Woody was very nervous and hardly answered any of his questions with more than a yes or a no. Eric Lax met with Woody Allen several more times visiting his sets occasionally. Eventually Woody loosened up around Eric and the two became good friends. They would continually have meetings where Eric Lax would tape record their conversations and instead of a simple "yes" Woody Allen would go on long and often hilarious monologues. Eric Lax never got a story run on Woody Allen but the two became good friends. What makes the article so interesting is that Eric Lax talks about and apparently Woody agrees with him that once he got to know him, Woody Allen wasn't as neurotic as his film counterparts. Simply because his life was more dull.

Lax, Eric. "Conversations with Woody" Woody Allen: A Casebook. Ed. Kimball King. New York, New York. Routledge. 2001.