Diane Keaton Quotes

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

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

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.

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 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.

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

The best relationships develop out of friendships.

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

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

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

Memories are simply moments that refuse to be ordinary.

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?

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

I'm a lot of fun on a date.

I drink red wine on ice to water it down.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

[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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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