Woody Allen is remembering Diane Keaton.
If you did not see the news, on Saturday (October 11), it was confirmed that the Oscar-winning actress had died at the age of 79.
If you aren’t aware, Diane and Woody collaborated frequently, especially in the 1970s. She won an Oscar for her work in his film Annie Hall.
He has now penned an essay, mourning her loss.
Keep reading to find out more…
“It’s grammatically incorrect to say ‘most unique,’ but all rules of grammar, and I guess anything else, are suspended when talking about Diane Keaton. Unlike anyone the planet has experienced or is unlikely to ever see again, her face and laugh illuminated any space she entered,” he wrote in an essay for the Free Press.
They met while working on his 1969 play “Play it Again, Sam,” with him writing, “She was shy, I was shy, and with two shy people things can get pretty dull. That was our first moment of personal contact. The upshot is that she was so charming, so beautiful, so magical, that I questioned my sanity. I thought: Could I be in love so quickly?”
“I never read a single review of my work and cared only what Keaton had to say about it. If she liked it, I counted the film as an artistic success. If she was less than enthusiastic, I tried to use her criticism to reedit and come away with something she felt better about,” he continued.
“A few days ago, the world was a place that included Diane Keaton. Now it’s a world that does not. Hence, it’s a drearier world. Still, there are her movies. And her great laugh still echoes in my head,” he shared.
They worked together on 1973′s Sleeper, 1975′s Love and Death, 1977′s Annie Hall, 1978′s Interiors, and 1979′s Manhattan.
Diane and Allen remained friends over the years and she did publicly defend him against sexual misconduct allegations made by his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow.