Diane Keaton opens up about past bulimia struggle

Diane Keaton has revealed that she used to suffer with bulimia.

The Morning Glory actress told People that she battled with the eating disorder for five years early in her career after a casting director criticised her weight.

Keaton had been offered a role in the Broadway production of Hair under the condition that she dropped pounds, an incident which led to extreme self-esteem issues for the star.

"I don't think it was called bulimia then. It was just this trick you could do. It's a horrible problem. Ugly and awful," she explained.

Keaton, who details her experience with the illness in her new memoir Then Again, credited her recovery to regular sessions with a psychoanalyst.

She recently said that she couldn't help but fall in love with Woody Allen when they dated in the 1970s.

Keaton signed a development deal with cable network HBO earlier this year.