‘I’m Hardly Iconic,’ and 11 More of Diane Keaton’s Most Legendary Quotes to Live By

-To PEOPLE in 2011

“I don’t want to put it on display, it’s silly! Enough already, Diane, we know.”

-To PEOPLE in 2017, about keeping her Oscar in her closet

“It was awkward, but he was hilarious. We spent a lot of time in bed chatting away.”

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-To PEOPLE in 2017, of shooting the sex scene in 2003’s Something’s Gotta Give with Jack Nicholson

“It’s hard for me to deal with that. I don’t really see it that way. I live with myself and I’m hardly iconic. I get up in the morning and it’s me again. I’m just another person saying, ‘Gee, I’d better feed the dog.’ ”

-On being iconic, to Ariana Grande in Interview magazine in 2021

“I mean, you’re both idiots.”

-Responding to Martin Short in the same interview on who is sexier, him or Steve Martin

“Honestly, you can think it’s sappy, but I love the Father of the Bride movies. They were so touching,”

-To Vulture in 2020

“Today I was thinking, ‘I’m the only one in my generation of actresses who has been a single woman all her life.’ I’m really glad I didn’t get married. I’m an oddball. I remember in high school, this guy came up to me and said, ‘One day you’re going to make a good wife.’ And I thought, ‘I don’t want to be a wife. No.’ ”

-To PEOPLE in 2019

“I love Instagram! But how many days can I post pictures of my outfit? That came out of nowhere, just, ‘I think I’ll wear this today.’ It becomes an obsession. You keep checking on how many followers you have. I say, ‘Don’t do it, Diane! One hundred more followers, are you really going to check it?’ ‘Yeah, I am.’ ”

-Also to PEOPLE in 2019

“I never understood the idea that you’re supposed to mellow as you get older. Slowing down isn’t something I relate to at all. The goal is to continue in good and bad, all of it. To continue to express myself, particularly. To feel the world. To explore. To be with people. To take things far. To risk. To love. I just want to know more and see more.”

-To AARP in 2012

“I know what I am by now. I know how old I am. I know what my limitations are and what I can and can’t do. So if something appeals to me, I’m definitely going to go for it.”

-Of still working, to the Los Angeles Times in 2018

“I feel just the same way I’ve always felt about whatever comes my way. If it’s okay, then I can manage it. Or maybe if I feel like I’m not really that comfortable, I’m going to learn something from somebody.”

-Of the current era of her career, to The Hollywood Reporter in 2023

Keaton showed self-love as she turned 77 in 2023. “HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE LOVE OF MY LIFE … ME!” the legendary actress wrote alongside her birthday cake slideshow.