Film-maker Nancy Meyers has paid tribute to Diane Keaton, her “friend of almost 40 years” and collaborator on comedies such as Something’s Gotta Give, Baby Boom and Father of the Bride. Keaton died on Saturday at the age of 79.
On Monday, Meyers wrote on Instagram that the past 48 hours had been difficult, but “seeing all of your tributes to Diane has been a comfort.” She called Keaton “a giant” and “a brilliant actress who time and again laid herself bare to tell our stories.”
“As a woman, I lost a friend of almost 40 years – at times over those years, she felt like a sister,” Meyers wrote. “I always felt she really got me so writing for her made me better because I felt so secure in her hands.” She praised Keaton’s ability to make dialogue sound improvised and her fearlessness on set.
Keaton won the best actress Oscar for Annie Hall and was nominated three more times, including for her performance in Meyers’ 2003 film Something’s Gotta Give. Woody Allen, her former partner and co-star in Annie Hall, also paid tribute, writing that she was “unlike anyone the planet has experienced.”
