Diane Keaton

Diane Keaton is the New York Times bestselling author of Then Again, which was named one of the ten best books of the year by Janet Maslin of The New York Times, People, and Vogue. She has starred in some of the most memorable movies of the past forty years, including the Godfather trilogy, Annie Hall, Manhattan, Reds, Baby Boom, The First Wives Club, and Something’s Gotta Give. Her many awards include the Golden Globe and the Academy Award. Keaton lives with her daughter and son in Los Angeles.

Keaton’s latest book, Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty, is a candid, hilarious, and deeply affecting look at beauty, aging, and the importance of staying true to yourself—no matter what anyone else thinks.

Diane Keaton has spent a lifetime coloring outside the lines of the conventional notion of beauty. In Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty, she shares the wisdom she’s accumulated through the years as a mother, daughter, actress, artist, and international style icon. This is a book only Diane Keaton could write—a smart and funny chronicle of the ups and downs of living and working in a world obsessed with beauty. In her one-of-a-kind voice, Keaton offers up a message of empowerment for anyone who’s ever dreamed of kicking back against the “should”s and “supposed to”s that undermine our pursuits.

Praise for Diane Keaton’s Then Again

“A far-reaching, heartbreaking, absolutely lucid book about mothers, daughters, childhood, aging, mortality, joyfulness, love, work and the search for self-knowledge.” — The New York Times

“A poem about women living in one another’s not uncomplicated memories . . . Part of what makes Diane Keaton’s memoir, Then Again, truly amazing is that she does away with the star’s ‘me’ and replaces it with a daughter’s ‘I.’ ” — Hilton Als, The New Yorker

“As warm, funny, and self-deprecating as Keaton’s onscreen persona — [Then Again] traces a profound dramatic arc: that of a young woman coming into her own as an artist, and of a daughter becoming a mother.” — Vogue

“Both heartbreaking and joyful, [Then Again] covers the gamut of life experiences facing all women.” — Chicago Sun-Times

A peerless career in the film industry

The lead in the 1977 film Annie Hall was Keaton’s breakout role and had been written expressly for her by the movie’s director, Woody Allen, who was also her boyfriend at the time. This role was based on her real-life self and created using Keaton’s nickname “Annie” and real last name “Hall.” Keaton went on to mesmerize Hollywood with her quirky personality and fashion sense.

Annie Hall was not her first role, however. Keaton started her acting career at the Santa Ana College studying drama but then decided to leave that school early to begin acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theater in New York. There she had her first starring role in the Broadway play “Hair.” Her first movie role was Lovers and Other Strangers. But it was with the Woody Allen play “Play It Again Sam” that Keaton received a Tony nomination and began a record of award-winning performances.

The first of several starring roles in films directed by Woody Allen was her performance in the screen adaptation of Play It Again Sam. She later went on to star in the Allen films Sleeper, Interiors, Radio Days, Manhattan, Love and Death, and Manhattan Murder Mystery. Although comedy was where most of Keaton’s initial success resulted, she did earn a Golden Globe nomination for the thriller Looking for Mr. Goodbar; in that same year, she received an Oscar for Annie Hall, which also won an Oscar for Best Picture.

Keaton later starred in the movie Reds, for which she received another Oscar nomination, and again stepped outside of the comedy genre to star in the 1984 film The Little Drummer Girl and Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, and The Godfather: Part III. But she returned to her comedy roots alongside Steve Martin in films like Father of the Bride and its sequel, Father of the Bride Part II, as well as by starring alongside Bette Midler in The First Wives Club and Jack Nicholson in Something’s Gotta Give.

Keaton took the reins of her career when she began directing with the documentary film Heaven. She went on to direct other projects such as the acclaimed movie Unstrung Heroes and an episode of the cult classic TV show Twin Peaks, as well as several music videos. Most recently she authored the 2011 memoir Then Again, a poignant and personal reflection on Keaton’s career as well as her close relationship with her late mother.

Today Diane Keaton continues to act and direct, remaining popular with crowds from teenagers to senior citizens. She is a rare breed of performer whose appeal seems to span generations. In addition to her Oscar win, Keaton has garnered 23 award nominations and 17 wins.