...I also have an extended family. The people who stayed. The people who became more than friends; the people who open the door when I knock. That's what it all boils down to. The people who have to open the door, not because they always want to but because they do.

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.