Iconic writer-director Nancy Meyers revealed how late actress Diane Keaton “changed” her life after they worked together several times in a moving tribute.
Two days after Keaton’s death was revealed, Meyers, 75, took to Instagram to pay tribute to her former co-worker on Monday, October 13.
“These past 48 hours have not been easy,” Meyers began in her caption, which she shared alongside a photo of Keaton in their 2003 film, Something’s Gotta Give. “Seeing all of your tributes to Diane has been a comfort. 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.”
In addition to praising Keaton’s career, Meyers noted that her death meant the loss of “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 added. “As a filmmaker, I’ve lost a connection with an actress that one can only dream of.”
She continued, “We all search for that someone who really gets us, right? Well, with Diane, I believe we mutually had that.”
Meyers, who also worked with Keaton on projects like Baby Boom (1987) and Father of the Bride (1991), shared that Keaton “really got” her. “So writing for her made me better because I felt so secure in her hands,” she said.
“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,” the director noted.
However, Meyers explained that Keaton’s ability to connect with directors wasn’t exclusive to her. She said Keaton “did exactly the same for” collaborators such as Woody Allen and Warren Beatty “because that is what she does. She goes deep.”
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“I know those who have worked with her know what I know … she made everything better,” the Parent Trap director continued. “Every set up, every day, in every movie, I watched her give it her all. 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. 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.”
Meyers wrapped up the tribute by writing, “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.”
Keaton died on October 11 at 79 years old in California. While her death was confirmed to People, her cause of death has not yet been revealed.
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