DIANE KEATON

The best relationships develop out of friendships.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

I'm a lot of fun on a date.

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

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

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

I drink red wine on ice to water it down.

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

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.

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.