Woody Allen is speaking out following the death of Annie Hall costar Diane Keaton.

“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,” Allen, 89, wrote in a heartfelt essay published via The Free Press.

Allen recalled meeting Keaton when they worked together on 1969’s Play It Again, Sam, noting that they were both “shy.” They eventually shared lunch during rehearsal.

“That was our first moment of personal contact,” he said. “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?”

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