UWoody Allen engxoxweni wathukuthelela inhlebo ngobungcweti kanye nokungathembeki kukaKarla Brunia futhi wagxeka amathebula aseFrance, "abaye bafunda ukubheka izethulo zangempela futhi baqala ukuphuma esihlalweni." Umqondisi we-Oscar-axis akaqondi ukuthi kungani lo oshade naye kaMongameli waseFrance wawanga, ngoba azange ayeke ukubhala ukuthi ancipha futhi akhiwe ozakwabo nabalingisi bemehlo.
"UKarl Bruni ungomunye wabesifazane abathandanayo kakhulu engihlangane nabo. Unendima ye-episodic esithombeni, kepha wabhekana nokudutshulwa njengoba nje umlingisi ngesipiliyoni. Ngaphezulu kokusebenza naye. Ukuyibiza ngomunye wefilimu yami. Futhi ngizizwa ngilondekile kuwo wonke lawo masinembe konke lokhu, kube sengathi kwenzeka ukuba se-mediocre kangangokuba kwadingeka ukuba ngikwenze amashumi aphindwe kabili! Yikuphi inhlebo yokuzingela, akusizi ngalutho, kuthathwe njengezincwadi ezithandekayo. Phezulu kokungafanele futhi kunamaqhinga! Futhi njengoba unembeza kwanele ukuqamba amanoveli angokwengqondo: futhi lokhu kumayelana nowesifazane oshadile ongazange anikeze intokazi yokuqala yaseFrance.