Michael Caine on Woody Allen - and the nature of comic writing
"I'm inviting Woody, but don't expect him to be a barrel-load of laughs. He's like all funny men. He doesn't talk he listens. He's waiting for you to say something funny, then he'll run out to the toilet and write it down."

Gyles Brandreth Brief Encounters: Meetings with Remarkable People (2003)