Allen says he often agrees with his critics

Woody Allen has conceded that he is the toughest critic of his films and often concurs with negative reviewers. “When I make a film, after I labor over it and sit in the editing room, nothing, in the end, seems funny or wonderful or delightful. You think it’s embarrassing. Others see it and say it’s embarrassing, and I am forced to agree,” he told the Toronto Sun on Sunday. Allen maintained that he has never been pleased with the final outcome of his efforts. “With Manhattan, I looked at it and begged them not to release the movie. I said I’d do a free one to make it up,” he recalled. The 1979 film earned Allen an Oscar for best screenplay, the Golden Globe Award for best film, and the British Academy Award (BAFTA) for best film and best screenplay. Making a movie, Allen quipped, is like cooking up a soufflé. “Somebody else just sees the finished product … but you’ve been all day in the back chopping onions.”