Keaton’s aging platitudes ignore that the unfamous never had a peg to lose

Evidence

And Diane Keaton, another actress whose process and non-work I’ve admired recently wrote in her memoir, It Aint Pretty, “For those of us separated from reality by fame, being old is a great leveling experience.” She says she doesn’t mind being taken down a peg or two. But what about old broads like me who never had their fame or their money? Taken down a peg or two can put me six feet under. — Dolores DeLuce, Blow Jobs, 279

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to her recurring theme of celebrity privilege and the uncredentialed outsider view, e.g. the sitcom laughers and Dean Martin chapters.