Highland Guy said: "Too soon. I don't want to believe she's gone. Ta Ta For Now, Diane Keaton."
I was really floored when I read of her passing. I expected her to live for many years to come.
I had the good fortune to see her in Play It Again, Sam, at the Broadhurst Theatre in 1968. I had a summer job as a 'host' in a restaurant in Times Square and managed to squeeze in a matinee before work (it was very short, even with an intermission). She was unique even then. Loved it and her. (I MUST have seen her in Hair, since I saw it 4 times in the first two years, but it was hard for anyone not in a lead role to standout, so she made no impression. Note: why I remember this I will never know, but I remember paying $2.80 for one of the seats and $3.45 for another.
In her later years, she appeared in more than a few stinkers, e.g., Poms, the Book Club movies, but she was always great in them. But, when you look at all the very good to great movies in which she appeared,, there are VERY few people in movie history who appeared in so many great ones.
My favorite Diane Keaton moment in any movie was when she sang 'You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To' in Radio Days. It was a cameo...she had nothing to do with the rest of the movie...but the emotion she brought to the song was breathtaking.
Updated On: 10/11/25 at 04:28 PM