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Keaton: I Was Woody's 'Endearing Oaf'

Actress recalls romance in upcoming memoir

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 20, 2011 11:30 AM CDT

(Newser) – Diane Keaton fondly recalls her romance with Woody Allen in upcoming memoir Then Again, out next month, writing that she “was in love with him before I knew him.” Her family often watched him on TV before she first worked with him in 1968, and she loved “his manner, his way of gesturing, his hands, his coughing and looking down in a self-deprecating way while he told jokes.”

During their relationship, “I was his endearing oaf. I had him pegged as a cross between a ‘White Thing’ and the cockroach you couldn't kill,” Keaton writes in an excerpt from Then Again published in Vogue. “We shared a love of torturing each other with our failures. His insights into my character were dead-on and hilarious. This bond remains the core of our friendship and, for me, love.” Click for more highlights.

In this film publicity image released by Paramount Pictures, Diane Keaton is shown in a scene from Morning Glory.
In this film publicity image released by Paramount Pictures, Diane Keaton is shown in a scene from "Morning Glory."   (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Macall Polay)
In this May 11, 2011 file photo, director Woody Allen poses during a photo call for Midnight in Paris, at the 64th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France.
In this May 11, 2011 file photo, director Woody Allen poses during a photo call for Midnight in Paris, at the 64th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France.   (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, file)
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Truth777
Oct 20, 2011 10:54 PM CDT
Woody Allen and Diane Keaton are insignificant. Jesus accomplished more during his time on earth.   Two Questions:  1. Do Woody Allen and Diane Keaton donate any part of their massive fortunes to the poor? The Bible teaches us to help those who are suffering. Poverty is rampant all over the world. 2. Has anyone researched how Woody met his current wife Soon-Yi Previn?  :(
JoeQ
Oct 20, 2011 2:53 PM CDT
The first movie I saw her in was Woody Allen's Sleeper.  Her character was convincing enough I thought she really was ditzy in real life.  Had to see her in another role to see it was just good acting.
 

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