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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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...