Woody Allen has published a tribute to his long-time collaborator Diane Keaton , who died Saturday, in The Free Press.

Allen begins the piece by describing Keaton as “most unique,” before adding that the late actress was “unlike anyone the planet has experienced or is unlikely to ever see again.”

“Her face and laugh illuminated any space she entered,” Allen wrote.

Allen recalls meeting Keaton for the first time while auditioning actresses at the old Morosco Theatre for his play Play It Again, alongside the producer David Merrick.

“She came in and read for us and knocked us both for a loop. A small glitch was that she appeared to be taller than me, and we didn’t want that to figure in the jokes,” Allen wrote. “Like two schoolkids, we stood back-to-back on the stage of the Morosco and

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