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He is peculiar and unique and different, but it is really a blessing to spend time with him," she enthused. "He is one of the funniest people in the world. Every day he does something that surprises you and that you will remember forever."

Yet despite all the praise and adulation Allen garnered from his cast, the famed director is far from being a fan of his own work.

"I hate myself as a director, and I hate myself more as an actor," he told us. "But just as long as people are willing to sacrifice their standards and come and see me than I will keep doing it."

Allen plays retired music industry executive Jerry in his film, his first on-screen role since "Scoop" in 2006. So what prompted the return?

"I'm always ready to act ... [but] most of the scripts I write don't have a role for me," Allen said. "This one happened by accident happened to have a role for me so I played it, if I was 50 years younger I could have played Jesse Eisenberg's role."

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