Hollywood colleagues are posting tributes to Academy Award-winning actress Diane Keaton, who died Saturday at 79, for her talent, style, and self-effacing nature offscreen. Per the AP, USA Today, the Hollywood Reporter, the Los Angeles Times, and Variety, statements were released by:
Bette Midler: "She was hilarious, a complete original, and completely without guile, or any of the competitiveness one would have expected from such a star. What you saw was who she was … oh, la, lala!"
Elizabeth Banks: "She was beloved in her industry. Every one of us idolizes her."
Francis Ford Coppola: "I saw her in the film Lovers and Other Strangers and knew I had to have her play Kay in The Godfather, (which she told me she based on my wife Ellie) and her wonderful work in Annie Hall while simultaneously setting a new fashion trend. Everything about Diane was creativity personified."
Mary Steenburgen: "Diane was magic."
Leonardo DiCaprio: "Brilliant, funny and unapologetically herself."
Cynthia Nixon: "When I was a kid, Diane Keaton was my absolute idol. I loved her acting. I loved her vibe. I loved her everything."
Candice Bergen: "Diane was a true artist — tremendously gifted and uniquely talented in so many disciplines yet also modest and wonderfully eccentric."
Matthew Modine: "Every so often a person comes along that defies all definition."
Octavia Spencer: "Thank you, Diane, for reminding us that authenticity never goes out of fashion."
Ben Stiller: "One of the greatest film actors ever. An icon of style, humor and comedy. Brilliant. What a person."
Jane Fonda: "Unique is what she was. And, though she didn't know it or wouldn't admit it, man she was a fine actress!"
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