Diane Keaton
Diane Keaton
Diane Hall, better known by her stage name Diane Keaton, is an American film actress, director, producer and screenwriter. She began her career on stage and made her screen debut in 1970. Her first major film role was as Kay Adams-Corleone in The Godfather, but the films that shaped her early career were those with director and co-star Woody Allen, beginning with Play It Again, Sam in 1972. Her next two films with Allen, Sleeperand Love and Death, established her...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth5 January 1946
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Working with Jack [Nicholson] is sort of like standing in front of the Grand Canyon.
...I also have an extended family. The people who stayed. The people who became more than friends; the people who open the door when I knock. That's what it all boils down to. The people who have to open the door, not because they always want to but because they do.
My mother always said that everyone should be required to write an autobiography of their lives.
Motherhood has completely changed me. It's just about like the most completely humbling experience that I've ever had. I think that it puts you in your place because it really forces you to address the issues that you claim to believe in and if you can't stand up to those principles when you're raising a child, forget it.
I'm limited, so, I kind of know where I fit as an actress. I kind of get it now, finally, after all of these years of trying to be a dramatic actress. I kind of think that'd I'd like to continue dealing with these things in a funny, lighter vein, but also truthful and honest.
As a parent I provide all I can, but I think in the best possible scenario you need to have a man.
Len said, 'I'll give you a tour if you promise to join the L.A. Conservancy,'
Just have fun. Smile. And keep putting on lipstick.
Memories are simply moments that refuse to be ordinary
This living stuff is a lot. Too much, and not enough. Half empty, and half full.
I've always loved independent women, outspoken women, eccentric women, funny women, flawed women. When someone says about a woman, 'I'm sorry, that's just wrong,' I tend to think she must be doing something right.
I have a policy about fear: It cripples the soul, so you just have to fight it.
I don't think that because I'm not married it's made my life any less. That old maid myth is garbage.
Humor helps us get through life with a modicum of grace. It offers one of the few benign ways of coping with the absurdity of it all.