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" Most actors are pretty adaptable because we work with so many directors. "
Kyle MacLachlan
Most
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" When I started acting, my whole focus and intention was to work as a stage actor in a company where you're asked to different roles - do a comedy, do a tragedy, etc. I haven't had any reservations about jumping from one type of genre to another. "
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" I questioned everything. I didn't see a character developed in Platoon at all. The character in Blue Velvet was much more fascinating to me. "
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" The way 'Showgirls' was presented to me, it sounded like an interesting project, and it kind of just went off the rails as we were doing it. "
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" Lynch is not as strange as his films. He's a complex guy with a very interesting view of the world. But he's very accessible, with a good heart. "
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" I always think of the Pacific Northwest as giant trees and rain and clouds and dampness, like the Native American art from that area. That all says Pacific Northwest to me. Salmon. It really only exists on the Western side of the Cascades. "
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" I am a big one for subtlety and empathy. My dad was softly spoken and didn't carry his honours and accomplishments for everyone to see. "
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" The difference with doing a play is that you are in control. In film you are in the hands of the director and the editor and the producer. "
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" I like eating, cooking and shopping. It all goes together. "
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" I believe in fate. Sometimes that means an old bearded guy sitting on a cloud and pulling the strings; sometimes it means random atoms swirling through a cheerless universe; sometimes it means everything being preordained thanks to your karma credit from your previous lives. "
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" Hamlet is a little daunting. "
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" When I went back home to Seattle after filming 'Dune' in Mexico, I thought, 'Did this really happen?' "
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" It's amazing to think of the nutritional responsibility you have in cooking for a kid, which then makes you wonder if you're getting enough yourself. "
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" I think most actors feel an obligation to do right by the people they're playing. "
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" If I'm going to make something in the kitchen, even if it's something as simple as a sandwich, I will take the extra time to make it a great sandwich instead of just an average sandwich. I don't mind investing a little extra work to make something special. "
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" I'd love to visit South America, especially Argentina, as I'm a winemaker myself. They do a fantastic malbec, so it would be a dream to sample their grapes. New Zealand would be great, too. I'm a golfer, so it would combine both my loves. "
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" My first-ever visit to a cheese factory was in Tillamook Washington... yes, I am that nerdy. "
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" 'Dune' was like a giant machine, and it was hard to keep track of all the pieces, but 'Blue Velvet' was a very sleek, compact little experience. "
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" I like to go and watch 'Blade Runner,' which made no sense but which I loved going into that world. I think people loved going into the world of 'Dune' with all of its problems. "
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" Hollywood is not good when it comes to age. "
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Hollywood
Good
" When I think of 'Mad Dog Time,' I think of the fact that I got to drive fast cars all day long up in Canada. That was really fun. We were on these back roads with these great cars. "
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" I think my wife married me for my guacamole. "
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" I've always enjoyed drinking wine, ever since I was in college. My appreciation really took off when I began to visit Napa. I was toying with an idea of making wine in Napa, but it's prohibitively expensive, and the competition is fierce. "
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" When I'm in a foreign city, I like to get to know it like a local. "
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" The nice thing about New York is that you're finally able to wear those winter clothes that have been sitting in your closet in mothballs. "
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" I'm proud of 'The Hidden.' I feel like we took a B-movie and kind of turned it into an A-minus action movie. We kind of elevated the material a little bit. It's got a great car-chase scene at the very beginning. It has some terrific moments in it, some funny stuff. It's a great rental. "
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" I never felt that my life was not complete without a child. I don't know if that, as a younger man, I'd have had full appreciation for it. "
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" My workout is my meditation. "
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" I originally wanted to be an opera singer. I studied classical voice at the University of Washington but soon realised I didn't have the instrument or the discipline. The road for opera singers is more difficult than for actors. "
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" The fact 'Twin Peaks' had a life at all took most of us in the cast by surprise. We thought it would be too unusual for network television. The original intention was that it would be a two-hour movie. If the network didn't want to pick it up as a series, it could just show that. But ABC took a chance. "
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" The film world is a crazy place to be. You sit around all day waiting for the phone to ring. Are people talking about you or aren't they? "
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