Nancy Meyers is speaking out following the death of her longtime close friend and frequent collaborator Diane Keaton.
Over the weekend, it was announced that the Oscar-winning actress had passed away at the age of 79.
On Monday (October 13), the 75-year-old writer and director took to Instagram to pen a heartfelt tribute to Diane.
Keep reading to find out more…“These past 48 hours have not been easy,” Nancy started. “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. As a woman, I lost a friend of almost 40 years – at times over those years, she felt like a sister because we shared so many truly memorable experiences.”
Over the years, Nancy and Diane worked on several movies together, including 1987′s Baby Boom, 1991′s Father of the Bride, and 2003′s Something’s Gotta Give.
“As a filmmaker, I’ve lost a connection with an actress that one can only dream of. We all search for that someone who really gets us, right?” Nancy continued. “Well, with Diane, I believe we mutually had that. I always felt she really got me so writing for her made me better because I felt so secure in her hands. 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. But the truth is – Diane didn’t just ‘get me.’”
She went on, “I’ve watched all of her groundbreaking spectacular work with Woody Allen a million times and I watch her performance in Warren Beatty’s REDS with awe. Diane did exactly the same for them because that is what she does. She goes deep. And I know those who have worked with her know what I know… she made everything better. 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.”
“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,” Nancy concluded. “Thank you Di. I’ll miss you forever.”
Following news of her death, one of Diane‘s “close friends” revealed how she was during her final months.
Source: justjared.com