Diane Keaton made sincere admission in one of her final interviews before death aged 79

Diane Keaton made a candid confession about why she never wanted to do this one thing in her life before her death.

The adored movie star, famous for her roles in Something's Gotta Give and Twin Peaks, tragically passed away on October 11 at her home in California.

Touching tributes have since been pouring in for the fashionable 79-year-old, from both fans and famous faces, including Oscar-winning songwriter Carole Bayer Sager, who recalled her last meeting in the weeks before Keaton's death and how she looked 'very thin.'

Keaton's cause of death is yet to be determined, and her grieving family have asked for privacy. She is survived by her two children, Dexter, now 29, and Duke, 25.

Now, an old interview with the Oscar-winner has resurfaced, which reveals just how Keaton chose to live her life, as Sager said she was always 'on her own terms.'

Speaking to PEOPLE from her Brentwood home back in 2019, Keaton claimed she hadn't learned 'anything' in her 70s.

Diane Keaton died at the age of 79 (Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage)

"Getting older hasn't made me wiser," she stated.

However, she told the outlet how she always remained driven by what she wanted out of life - and knew she didn't exactly want the most conventional one.

"I knew what I wanted in life, and I went after it," the then 73-year-old said. "Being a person who always knew simplifies things — it's hard to find your way if you don't."

Despite her fair share of entanglements with some of Hollywood's heartthrobs throughout her career, like Al Pacino, Warren Beatty and Woody Allen, Keaton never tied the knot.

Although it was the norm in her generation, with women usually expected to marry, the Reds actress apparently wasn't bothered at all.

"Today I was thinking, I'm the only one in my generation of actresses who has been a single woman all her life. I'm really glad I didn't get married," she told the outlet. "I'm an oddball. I remember in high school, this guy came up to me and said, 'One day you're going to make a good wife'.

"And I thought, 'I don't want to be a wife. No'."

She even appeared to hint at some regret over her dating history, adding: "When I was young, I was looking to be loved by these extraordinary people.

She had some strong opinions about marriage (Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

"I think I should not have been so seduced by talent. When you're both doing the same job, it's not so great. I should have found just a nice human being, kind of a family guy."

In another Q&A with Interview Magazine, Friends star Lisa Kudrow asked her more directly about her opinions on marriage.

The actress asked: "Our society has always had an expectation for women to get married, and you’ve said it just hasn’t felt right for you. What informed that feeling?"

Keaton then revealed it boils down to her own mom, stating how married life meant she had to abandon her dreams.

"It goes back to my mother, because, for me, most everything does. I love my dad, of course—that goes without saying—but she was always there, and he was always working.

"I saw how much she gave up," Keaton continued in part. "I feel like she chose family over her dreams. And she was just the best mother, but I think that she is the reason why I didn’t get married. I didn’t want to give up my independence.

"By the way, no one has ever asked me to marry them, either, so that might be a good answer."

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