Diane keaton quotes

The thing is, though, that some of these people are my age, right? And I didn't know them. I didn't know Susan Sarandon. I mean, I'd seen her.

I said I would never go to a psychiatrist, and I spent much of my life in psychoanalysis.

As an actress, I'm drawn to emotion and expressing the human condition in all its forms, and I'm fortunate to have thoughts and feelings at my fingertips.

[Topher Grace] is thought about what he's going to do and he has a lot of ideas. So there's that.

What is perfection, anyway? It's the death of creativity.

I spent a lot of time protecting myself. I mean, I've met a lot of extraordinary people over the years - and I just wish I had been able to open myself up to them more.

Here is my biggest takeaway after 60 years on the planet: There is great value in being fearless. For too much of my life, I was too afraid, too frightened by it all. That fear is one of my biggest regrets.

...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.

I'm a hoarder. For me, documentation has always been key, and I've kept everything from my past.

I am absolutely intrigued by life, and I really want to hold onto it.

You don't really think about [career] much, because in a way it seems like another time and a different person.

With Robert De Niro, you're thinking, suddenly he'll do something you don't expect, or he appears and he's kind of slow to get there but then he gets there in a way that nobody does. Everybody is just really, extremely different.

When I was young, I wanted my appearance to be more interesting than what surrounded me. Now the body part I like best is my eyes, because they bring beauty to me.

Without a great man writing and directing for me, I realised I was a mediocre movie star at best.

Choosing the freedom to be uninteresting never quite worked for me.

Memories are simply moments that refuse to be ordinary.

I drink red wine on ice to water it down.

I'm not a wine connoisseur, but I do like a glass or two at night.

I don't think so much anymore. When you're younger, and at your height, then people want you to do that great one again. But seriously, things are forgotten, and that's the truth.

Life is short and experiences with remarkable people are rare.

I'm a lot of fun on a date.

We can't save the past or solve the riddle of love. But to me, it's worth trying.

What I like about that is it kind of puts you in your place. Don't count on being remembered. Just live now, you know?

What makes a heroine? I think I can answer that. A heroine is a woman who risks going too far in order to find out how far one can go for a cause greater than herself.

Being a movie star is a rare job. Nobody gives you any guarantees that you'll get to do it forever. It's a very lucky and privileged position to be in.

Robert De Niro is just evolved as a human being. He's a very kind guy. Age has been good for him, in terms of just, he's very kind.

Amanda (Seyfried) has this dog that goes everywhere with her.

There are a lot of movies I feel good about. It was a great experience that I was lucky enough to be there in it. That's the way I feel.

I do believe in saving shoes. But that does not make me a hoarder. I am not a hoarder. But why not save them? Styles come back.

Just have fun. Smile. And keep putting on lipstick.

What's interesting about Topher [Grace] to me was, he's playing a 29-year-old virgin, which was really kind of hard for me to believe in real life, you get my drift? I mean, that was really not possible. And somehow he pulled it off.

A sense of freedom is something that, happily, comes with age and life experience.

Robert De Niro, even though I've been in two other movies with him, I never really got to know him at all. But on this movie ["The Big Wedding"] I did.

It's not fun to see myself in the mirror.

Relationships are hard. You're lucky if you find someone.

Robin Williams, another person I didn't know. He is genuinely hilarious.

It's very odd, being older, because in a way it's hard to own the past, even.

It's kind of true, you do disappear off the planet if you are a middle-aged woman, but that has some advantages as well.

My thinking about plastic surgery is this. I haven't had it, but never say never. Because when you do, you are definitely going to go there.

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.

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.

Some people say they're retired and it means they have time to do things they want to do. I have always had the privilege to engage in my hobbies as if they were work. And they are. So hobbies are work, but work that you want to do; they are play. Retirement? That sounds like you're going to passively walk into the sunset and disappear.

We can grow gracefully, or gorgeously. I pick both.

My mother was really my partner in every project that I had. She was just the great enabler of my dreams.

I'm proud of "Shoot the Moon."

My mother wasn't a stickler for the more practical approaches to life.

I was cast in this commercial called "Hour After Hour." It was for a deodorant that won't wear off. And [Susan Sarandon] became the Hour After Hour girl after me. But I never met her. So I didn't really know Susan till after this movie [ "The Big Wedding"].

I build a wall around myself. I'm hard to get to know. Any trait you have, it gets worse as you go along.

I used to listen to Judy Garland all the time - I love Judy Garland and her music. But I started to realize that if you keep singing like that, singing songs of being victimized by love over and over and over again, it can't help but have a profound effect on your life.

Working with Nancy Meyers ("Something's Gotta Give") and ... Charles Shyer ("Father of the Bride"), and I'm proud of "Reds," and I'm proud of my movies with Woody (Allen).

What celebrities are useful for is bringing attention to the public and making them more aware. They can be unbelievably effective.

I think that people who are famous tend to be underdeveloped in their humanity skills.

I don’t think that because I’m not married it’s made my life any less. That old-maid myth is garbage.

Thanksgiving isn't the only thing that has changed. This makes it reassuring somehow to go through the same ritual with the people you're connected to. I guess the truth is, it all boils down to family. Right?

Pretty is a self-serving situation in which it's all about you. People who are pretty are superficial, but they are not beautiful. Beauty requires more depth.

My daughter fell in love with Ben Barnes, of course. She's 17. What are you gonna do? That was a tragic loss. He didn't fall in love with her.

I wish I had put myself out there a little bit more and experienced people more instead of protecting myself.

I hadn't been that impressed with someone since I worked with Meryl Streep.

Why black and white? Because color can be too demanding.

I don't carry little purses. I carry big duffels, always.

Topher Grace is a really smart guy, and he really thinks about [acting].

I think the growth of the brain is a slow process. But you do change and the more you accept change and embrace change, the better.

Even though all these obstacles keep coming at you, you just have to keep going through them. Because it's worth it to do something in your life, as opposed to fantasizing about doing something.

Katherine Heigl, she was exactly the opposite of what I thought she'd be like. She smokes cigarettes, or she did then, and she's got a truck-driver's mouth, and she's really funny.

Permanence can only be found in the immortality offered by the click of a camera. Like it or not, life moves on as fleetingly as the photograph is enduring.

By the way, everybody approaches acting differently. Like, I'm kind of sloppy and I like it kind of loose. I like to kind of play around. Some people don't.

I rarely get the "Annie Hall" references other than from people who are aficionados of movies, people who really care about movies. But in general, people don't even think about it.

The best relationships develop out of friendships.

My mother was a listener. I'm a talker. I'm very comfortable talking.

I've done all kinds of things I said I wouldn't do and, of course, now I'm glad. Thrilled.

My mother always said that everyone should be required to write an autobiography of their lives.

This living stuff is a lot. Too much, and not enough. Half empty, and half full.

Working with Jack [Nicholson] is sort of like standing in front of the Grand Canyon.

I have younger kids, and I adopted them late in life. They don't know these people [from Annie Hall] at all.

I have a policy about fear: It cripples the soul, so you just have to fight it.

I never understood the idea that you're supposed to mellow as you get older. Slowing down isn't something I relate to at all. The goal is to continue in good and bad, all of it.

I've never really looked back.

The exhausting effort to control time by altering the effects of age doesn't bring happiness

There's also a certain segment that doesn't know what "Annie Hall" is. Seriously, it's true.

I had a career and I came to motherhood late and am not married and have never had such a trusting relationship with a man - and trust is where the real power of love comes from.

acting is a wild ride, shared in the company of other actors.

Stephen Shadley is a great collaborator. Over the years I've seen him work with a wide variety of clients and stylistic approaches. He listens to people in a way that makes them feel like they're part of the process. Steve is an inspiration on all fronts, and, believe me, that's a rare quality.

[Women photographers] provide an inspiring reminder to all women that the choice to see, or be seen, is ours. We live in a culture in which this decision is undermined by the notion that the single most valuable contribution a woman can make is to be visually attractive. Women photographers make a strong case for seeing and an even stronger case for recording what you see.

That's what I learned. I learned I couldn't shed light on love other than to feel its comings and goings and be grateful.

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.

Somehow weddings bring out the most insane moments in people's lives.

I don't want to watch [films I was acting in]. I've had enough of me.