Without a great man writing and directing for me, I realised I was a mediocre movie star at best.

She starred in her first commercial vehicle with 1987's Baby Boom her first of four collaborations with writer-producer Nancy Meyers. I was primarily interested in religion because I wanted to go to heaven" but also stated that Diane Keaton considered herself an agnostic.

Her first major film role was as Kay Adams-Corleone in The Godfather (1972) but the films that shaped her early career were those with director and co-star Woody Allen beginning with Play It Again Sam in 1972. Her next two films with Allen Sleeper (1973) and Love and Death (1975) establiDiane Keatond her as a comic actor. In addition to acting Diane Keaton is also a photographer real estate developer author and occasional singer.