Nancy Meyers Shares Emotional Tribute To Diane Keaton Following Her Death: “I Lost A Friend Of Over 40 Years”
Nancy Meyers is the latest to pay tribute to Diane Keaton, honoring her legacy in Hollywood following Keaton’s death on Saturday at age 79
The filmmaker took to social media to share her thoughts on Keaton after processing the news.
“These past 48 hours have not been easy. Seeing all of your tributes to Diane has been a comfort,” Meyers posted on Instagram. “As a movie lover, I’m with you all — we have lost a giant. 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 because we shared so many truly memorable experiences.”
Meyers and Keaton first worked together in 1987’s Baby Boom and would collaborate again in 1991’s Father of the Bride. In 1995, Meyers and Keaton reunited for Father of the Bride II and again in 2003 for Something’s Gotta Give.
“As a filmmaker, I’ve lost a connection with an actress that one can only dream of. We all search for that someone who really gets us, right? Well, with Diane, I believe we mutually had that,” she continued. “I always felt she really got me so writing for her made me better because I felt so secure in her hands. I knew how vulnerable she could be. And I knew how hilarious she could be, not only with dialogue (which she said word for word as written but managed to always make it sound improvised) but she could be funny sitting at a dinner table or just walking into a room.”
Meyers went on to note Keaton’s professionalism on the set, saying that “she made everything better” and saw her “give it her all” every day they worked together.
“When I needed her to cry in scene after scene in Something’s Gotta Give she went at it hard and then somehow made it funny,” Meyers said. “And I remember she would sometimes spin in a kind of goofy circle before a take to purposely get herself off balance or whatever she needed to shed so she could be in the moment. She was fearless, she was like nobody ever, she was born to be a movie star, her laugh could make your day and for me, knowing her and working with her — changed my life. Thank you Di. I’ll miss you forever.”
See Meyers’ full tribute to Keaton below.
