WOODY ALLEN: I've 'regretted every second' since signing my deal with Amazon
Allen doesn't "even know what a streaming service is," per his Q&A.
"When you said streaming service, it was the first time I've heard that term connected with the Amazon thing," he said. "I never knew what Amazon was. I've never seen any of those series, even on cable."
Back in January, Amazon signed Allen to write and direct a full TV season with half-hour episodes.
Amazon has had lots of luck with its other original series: it was the first streaming service to win for an award for best series at the Golden Globes with "Transparent," a dark comedy about a father who comes out as transgender.
At the time, Allen seemed less than enthused: "I don't know how I got into this. I have no ideas, and I'm not sure where to begin," he said in a statement.
In his interview this week with Deadline, he said that Amazon kept coming to him to ask him to agree to do a series, although he didn't have any ideas for it:
Allen also says he's "regretted every second" since agreeing to the deal because it's been difficult for him to produce a TV series:
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Read the full Deadline interview with Woody Allen here.