Diane Keaton never tried to hide from aging, instead, she faced it head-on. Before her passing on Saturday, October 11, the Oscar-winning actress spoke candidly about challenging beauty standards and embracing change on her own terms.
In a 2014 interview on The Dr. Oz Show, Keaton opened about getting older — without glossing over the tough parts.
"When I was approaching the aspect of my life where I'm growing, I started to notice when I'd look in the mirror, I saw something I didn't want to see and that was my head. It didn't turn out exactly I had hoped for because I was thinking of somebody more in the manner of Doris Day," she said.
That same year, Keaton released her memoir Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty, where she explored the complex relationship many women have with beauty, aging and self-acceptance.
When asked about cosmetic enhancements, Keaton admitted she hadn’t pursued plastic surgery, though not for lack of consideration. "I'm losing hair, but I'm working on it, but I don't think I'm going to get the transplants," she shared at the time.
Keaton drew inspiration from women she admired growing up, women she described as “flawed,” “independent,” “outspoken” and even “insecure,” but always had a good sense of humor.
"Beauty is honestly a feeling to me. I hate the fact that people put beauty on a pedestal and try to remove it from the ordinary experience of life but that's all it is, it's moment to moment," she shared. "It's more all encompassing, it's not a face in the mirror all the time."
In a 2014 AARP interview, Keaton reflected on the industry’s beauty standards and why she didn’t feel compelled to conform.
"If I wanted to be prettier, fillers, Botox and a neck lift might help — but I think I'm past all that. My feelings come out in my face and show who I am inside in ways that words can't express. In fact I'm confused by what 'authentic' is; am I less authentic because I wear 'eccentric' clothes and hats? No.”
She added that authenticity isn’t defined by whether someone chooses to get “good work” done, undergoes procedures that don’t go as planned or decides to age naturally.
By 2019, during a People interview filmed at her home in Brentwood, California, Keaton reiterated that she never felt pressured to go under the knife. However, she did reveal one enhancement — an important one that helped restore her health.
"I had my teeth capped. They were rotten because of the bulimia [I had in my 20s]. That's the best thing about my face — my teeth have gotten better."
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