Diane Keaton has a new film, a TV series and a memoir about herself and her mother in the works. And, for the first time ever, she’s allowed her children to be photographed for a magazine – the November issue of More. In fact, the subscriber cover features Keaton close-up with a background pulled from the pages of her kids’ journals.
There is just one area of life’s pool that gives this single mom pause: the danger zone of men. Excerpts from the story, on newsstands October 27, follow:
About her sex appeal: “I don’t think men even look at me anymore. If anything could work in that area, it would probably be if I paid him. Then I think we could work out an affable relationship. ‘Remember, at eight we’re going to dinner. Until then, you’re free, take care of yourself.’” She grins; she’s joking, of course, though so seamlessly that she had you for a second. “I’m totally for it! I pay for everything else.” She snorts at herself. “I bet I’ll have a lot of suitors now, right?”
About not having a man in her life: “It’s a huge part of life that’s missing, yeah, but I don’t miss it.”…Keaton calls her independence “wonderful. I’m free to do what I want to try to do. I don’t have to worry that I’m not living up to some responsibility as a partner to somebody else.”
About the idea of couples falling in love later in life: “Do you think they kiss?” she squeals. “They have sex? That’s something I can’t imagine at all. For me it was always, ‘Oh, no!’” She mimes backing away, waggling her hands. “And then I couldn’t help myself, because, just biologically, you can’t help but go toward it. It’s too exciting.” She shakes her head. “Ugh! I don’t want that excitement. Too scary. I see it as a danger zone. Who would we become together?”
About being on the run: “I don’t really relax much. Like, I can’t go and nap, ever. I’m not interested in relaxing until I hit the sack, and then it’s like [crash noise]. I wouldn’t know what to do with a week off. Except for one little area, m-e-n, I’m excited, I’m ready to go, sign me up.”
About plastic surgery: “There’s nothing wrong with [cosmetic procedures]. A gal’s gotta do what she’s gotta do. I’m not going to say that I wouldn’t. Sometimes now I have a different feeling about [aging]. But you can’t beat it; even if you do all that stuff, you’re still not going to beat it.”
October 2009 More Magazine: Here’s the Sela Ward you haven’t seen: she kicks ass in her new movie, The Stepfather; she’s always working on her marriage; and despite her own beauty she finds photos of Demi Moore in a bikini discouraging. Ward sat down with More for a deliciously dishy October issue chat.
After achieving fame early as Buttercup in The Princess Bride, Robin Wright Penn zeroed in on the bits and pieces of the celebrity existence that worked for her, rejecting the rest. Now, at 43, she appears poised to break out of her cocoon of self-doubt with four movies releasing this year alone. In the September issue of More, she discusses her rollercoaster marriage, why she considers herself a “late bloomer,” and the empty nest. Excerpts from the interview, on newsstands August 25, follow:
One year after a nasty divorce trial, supermodel Christie Brinkley shares how she stay strong for her kids and manages to look fabulous – at 55. Excerpts from her Ladies’ Home Journal interview, on newsstands June 9, follow:
Rebecca Romijn, wearing a yellow Christian McCulloch dress and Cartier hoops and cuff, graced the cover of the June 2009 InStyle Sexy Made Simple issue.