20Q: Diane Lane

By David Resin

Published January 01, 1985

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Q10 Playboy: Now that you're unattached, what kind of man has a chance with you? And do you still want that picture of love you described?

Lane: Oh, boy--a shameful lot. [Laughs] I don't have a list of qualifications that I check when I meet someone. That's probably my problem. I would like to be more discriminating about certain things. The bedroom isn't where the screening process should take place. But mainly, I want someone who has had a lot of experience.I already had what I was talking about before. Now it's time for something else. It's just another season. I'm not saying I don't want a lover--everyone wants one. But I just don't have time for one now. Maybe next week I'll make the time.

Q11 Playboy: Where do you spend Christmas?

Lane: At my best friend's house, usually, because she has a family. My dad will go over there with me sometimes. It will probably hurt my parents' feelings to read this, but I like to be at a home. I go to other people's houses because I assume there should be a lot of people around to give the sensation that Christmas is really there. It's hard to acknowledge Christmas with only two people in the room.

Q12 Playboy: Who is your best friend and why?

Lane: Robin has been my best friend since kindergarten. She's like my living diary. But I wonder if I can call her my best friend any more. I don't know what's going on with her. She went to Mexico to marry this, oh, guy, and I think it's an unbelievable mistake. And she can read about it in PLAYBOY, because I haven't had the nerve to tell her in real life. Plus, she turned punk rock on me. That's fine. I can appreciate it, but when we hang out together, you would not believe that we even knew each other. Still, we went through everything together. She was the only friend I had. My other friends didn't know, because I didn't really rely on them for anything except being there occasionally when I was lucky enough to get them on the phone or had a free minute to talk to them. But Robin I really counted on.

Q13 Playboy: What do you do when there's nothing to do?

Lane: Think about things. Sometimes I get depressed--a lot, sometimes--though more in the past, fortunately. I have plenty of things to occupy me now. But I get dragged down by not being active, not feeling like I'm useful, feeling like I'm getting behind where people think I should be, when I should be making every moment, you know, action-packed.On the other hand, it's real easy for me to just sit down and watch TV. I'm really amazed at how easily I slip into unemployment. I enjoy it very much. I'd been working straight through until The Cotton Club; then I took off.

Q10 Playboy: Now that you're unattached, what kind of man has a chance with you? And do you still want that picture of love you described?

Lane: Oh, boy--a shameful lot. [Laughs] I don't have a list of qualifications that I check when I meet someone. That's probably my problem. I would like to be more discriminating about certain things. The bedroom isn't where the screening process should take place. But mainly, I want someone who has had a lot of experience.I already had what I was talking about before. Now it's time for something else. It's just another season. I'm not saying I don't want a lover--everyone wants one. But I just don't have time for one now. Maybe next week I'll make the time.

Q11 Playboy: Where do you spend Christmas?

Lane: At my best friend's house, usually, because she has a family. My dad will go over there with me sometimes. It will probably hurt my parents' feelings to read this, but I like to be at a home. I go to other people's houses because I assume there should be a lot of people around to give the sensation that Christmas is really there. It's hard to acknowledge Christmas with only two people in the room.

Q12 Playboy: Who is your best friend and why?

Lane: Robin has been my best friend since kindergarten. She's like my living diary. But I wonder if I can call her my best friend any more. I don't know what's going on with her. She went to Mexico to marry this, oh, guy, and I think it's an unbelievable mistake. And she can read about it in PLAYBOY, because I haven't had the nerve to tell her in real life. Plus, she turned punk rock on me. That's fine. I can appreciate it, but when we hang out together, you would not believe that we even knew each other. Still, we went through everything together. She was the only friend I had. My other friends didn't know, because I didn't really rely on them for anything except being there occasionally when I was lucky enough to get them on the phone or had a free minute to talk to them. But Robin I really counted on.

Q13 Playboy: What do you do when there's nothing to do?

Lane: Think about things. Sometimes I get depressed--a lot, sometimes--though more in the past, fortunately. I have plenty of things to occupy me now. But I get dragged down by not being active, not feeling like I'm useful, feeling like I'm getting behind where people think I should be, when I should be making every moment, you know, action-packed.On the other hand, it's real easy for me to just sit down and watch TV. I'm really amazed at how easily I slip into unemployment. I enjoy it very much. I'd been working straight through until The Cotton Club; then I took off.

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