Top 30 Diane Keaton Quotes

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

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

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.

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

Because too much of my life was spent waiting to be seen. Hoping to be seen, hoping to be picked. Once you realize that you aren’t looked at that way any more, other things start to happen and you have to depend on other things to get by.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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’m a lot of fun on a date.

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.’

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.

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.

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

I drink red wine on ice to water it down.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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