London - She has long been admired as a strong, single woman who raised children on her own. But now Diane Keaton has admitted that she would have preferred a man by her side.
The Annie Hall actress said she loved being a mother but the “best possible scenario” would be if she was attached. She also said the older she got the more she appreciated life and refused to slow down.
However, she won’t rule out plastic surgery to improve her appearance – even though she looks far younger than her 66 years.
Keaton has dated a string of Hollywood stars including Woody Allen, Warren Beatty and Al Pacino, but never got married. In 1996, at the age of 50, she adopted daughter Dexter, now 16, followed by son Duke, 10, in 2001.
That year she revealed that she was giving up romance and said she was happy being single.
She now admits that in hindsight it would have been better if she had been in a relationship after all.
“As a parent, I provide all I can, but I think in the best possible scenario you need to have a man,” Keaton said in an interview.
Asked what had stopped her from marrying, she said: “I think it was just my whole life. How I responded first to boys and then to men. It had nothing to do with reality. Relationships are hard. You’re lucky if you find someone.”
Even though she is in her 60s, Keaton said she “never understood the idea you’re supposed to mellow as you get older”.
“Slowing down isn’t something I relate to. The goal is to continue in good and bad. The best part is that I’m still here and, because the end is in sight, I treasure it all the more.”
In the interview with US magazine AARP, Keaton said that despite her age-defying looks she would not rule out cosmetic surgery. “I haven’t had it, but never say never. I said I would never have intercourse before I was married, and I did. I said I would never go to a psychiatrist, and I spent much of my life in psychoanalysis.”
Her comments are surprising given what she has said in the past about her relationships.
In her memoir, Then Again, she wrote about how she “never found a home in the arms of a man”. She also opened up about motherhood and said it was more fulfilling than any relationship she had ever had. –
Daily Mail