be a performer, woody allen is the guy. never met him and never talked to him and i don't think he does those kinds of shows. >> larry: is the genius that he can -- let's say i remember one of his short stories, the history of the mafia. hysterical. that he surprises you who think comedically? >> yes. i remember he would -- i always as a child -- i was aware that my mind -- i would think of crazy images. and i thought, well, other people don't think that way or is there something wrong with me? and i remember reading a short story of woody allen's as a kid and he's describing -- he said it's late at night and dark in his room and she's describing -- he said the -- something like the bath robe hanging on my bed post in the dark resembles the kaiser on roller skates. it's such a crazy imblg. then that great short story where one of the characters accidentally ends up going into a spanish dictionary at the end