Goldie Hawn Remembers Diane Keaton as ‘Lightning in a Bottle’
The late Diane Keaton was remembered Wednesday night at The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Women in Entertainment gala in Beverly Hills. Goldie Hawn, who co-starred with Keaton in The First Wives Club, paid tribute to her friend, who died in October at the age of 79.
“Diane lived right below me,” Hawn said through tears. “We could talk to each other, we would laugh because we were so close … She was always on my mind; she was so close to me.”
Hawn remembered going down to her garden and looking over into Keaton’s yard shortly after her friend died of pneumonia. “She just cannot be gone,” Hawn said. “No one like that should ever die. She brought so much joy, so much life, so much exuberance. She was like lightning in a bottle. There wasn’t anything she couldn’t do. There wasn’t any world that she couldn’t live in. She was just an extraordinary human being.”
Sarah Paulson, who starred in the 1999 film The Other Sister alongside Keaton, also paid tribute to the late actress. “I want to tell you how much crummier the world is without you in it,” Paulson said, addressing Keaton. “I want to tell you how the world lost its mind with grief the day you died. And I want to tell you: I will miss you forever, and I continue to be a moron, and I know that you would be heartened to know that. But most of all, I just want to say thank you. Thank you for being my friend.”
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