Woody is the guy who made me want to be a comic. I was in heaven and couldn’t stop smiling because he was my idle and 29 years after seeing Take the Money and Run, I was working for him.
Meaning of the quote
Jon Lovitz, an American actor, looked up to Woody Allen as a comedian. Seeing Woody's movie "Take the Money and Run" made Lovitz want to become a comedian too. Twenty-nine years later, Lovitz was so excited to actually work for Woody, the person he had admired for so long.
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