The actress' audition was a performance the director couldn’t refuse.

“Why on Earth did you choose me forThe Godfather?!!”

“Deeper, funnier, and very interesting (I was right).”

THE GODFATHER, Diane Keaton, 1972

Diane Keaton in ‘The Godfather’.courtesy everett collection

“I was invited by Fred Astaire to accompany him to seeHair,” Coppola added.

“Which he couldn’t make ‘hide nor hair’ out of.

You were in it, and I remember your beautiful singing voice.”

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