Diane Keaton Quotes

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

Experience, Forget, Place

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

Life, Age, Freedom

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.
Diane Keaton

Life, Waiting, Happen

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

True, Woman, Off

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

Best, Possible, Parent

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

Human, Feelings, Thoughts

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

Life, Hold, Intrigued

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

Hard, Around, Along

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

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

Life, Made, Old

I drink red wine on ice to water it down.
Diane Keaton

Down, Wine, Water

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

Love, Trust, Power

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

Good, Bad, Down

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

Life, Said, Spent

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

Time, Mean, Wish

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

Famous, Humanity, Skills

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

Life, Love, Music

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

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

Past, Everything, Key

I'm a lot of fun on a date.
Diane Keaton

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

Night, Two, Wine

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

Done, Said, Kinds

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

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

Mother, Said, Everyone

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

Mother, Talking, Listener

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Nationality: American

Born: January 5, 1946

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