Diane Keaton Quotes

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Diane Keaton

Profession : Actress

Birth : January 5, 1946

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.

Diane Keaton

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.

Diane Keaton

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.

Diane Keaton

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.

Diane Keaton

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

Diane Keaton

My old boyfriend, Warren Beatty, used to say I was a late developer,' she reflects. 'He was right. It took me 50 years to find motherhood and unconditional love.'

Diane Keaton

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

Diane Keaton

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

Diane Keaton

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

Diane Keaton

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.

Diane Keaton

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.

Diane Keaton

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

Diane Keaton

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.

Diane Keaton

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

Diane Keaton

The best relationships develop out of friendships.

Diane Keaton

As a parent I provide all I can, but I think in the best possible scenario you need to have a man.

Diane Keaton

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

Diane Keaton

The best part is that I'm still here and, because the end is in sight, I treasure it all more.

Diane Keaton

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

Diane Keaton

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.

Diane Keaton