Elliott Gould remembers Diane Keaton – ‘We snuck into a bush and she said: ‘This is called making out’’

<p>Gould and Keaton made three movies together. He recalls a co-star who was professional, original, and remarkably down to earth</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/12/diane-keaton-obituary">Diane Keaton obituary</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/11/an-ethereally-self-aware-comedy-genius-the-loss-of-diane-keaton-is-devastating">Peter Bradshaw on Diane Keaton</a></p></li></ul><p>I was shocked when I heard about Diane’s passing. I loved her. There was nobody like her. Bright, talented, generous, and very smart and witty. She had more than just a sense of humour; she was hysterical. Whatever it was, she just had it.</p><p>The first time I saw her was in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgzCtsmuLjc">a deodorant commercial where she bit somebody’s ear</a>. Everything about her was original. I’d be interested in anything she was involved in because she was so keen and so smart and so witty. And anybody who got to work with her was in for a treat – as I later found.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/16/elliott-gould-remembers-diane-keaton">Continue reading...</a>