immortality

Happy birthday Woody Allen, born on this day in Brooklyn in 1935. His films include Bananas (1971), Annie Hall (1977), Manhattan (1979), Everyone Says I Love You (1996), and most recently, Whatever Works (2009).

He said, "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying."

Or through his playing?

UPDATE: 

Empirical studies have demonstrated this close link in our minds between the pursuit of fame and our desire to overcome death. For example, in experimental conditions, when subtly reminded of their mortality (but not other unpleasant or disturbing things), people expressed a greater desire to become famous, or to have a star (a quintessentially enduring object) named after them. So despite its inherent implausibility, the belief that celebrity helps us to transcend mortality seems to be more than a mere metaphor. Like Glaucus and Achilles, we really do seem to believe that it is a way of living on.

http://aeon.co/magazine/philosophy/why-we-still-believe-we-can-life-on-through-fame/?utm_content=buffere74e7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer