‘I cared only what Diane Keaton had to say’: Woody Allen pays tribute to late actor, co-star and former partner

<p>Allen says Keaton was ‘unlike anyone the planet has experienced’, and that ‘her great laugh still echoes in my head’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/12/diane-keaton-obituary">Diane Keaton obituary</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/11/an-ethereally-self-aware-comedy-genius-the-loss-of-diane-keaton-is-devastating">Peter Bradshaw on Diane Keaton</a></p></li></ul><p>Woody Allen has paid lengthy tribute to Diane Keaton after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/11/diane-keaton-oscar-winning-star-of-annie-hall-and-the-godfather-dies-aged-79">her death aged 79</a> on Saturday.</p><p>In an <a href="https://www.thefp.com/p/woody-allen-remembers-diane-keaton">essay published by The Free Press</a>, Allen, 89, wrote about their time together from first meeting in 1969 during rehearsals for his play Play It Again, Sam, through their five-year love affair and the eight films they made together (including some after they were romantically involved) and into their friendship beyond.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/13/diane-keaton-woody-allen-pays-tribute">Continue reading...</a>