Happy Birthday: Kyle MacLachlan

Kyle MacLachlan

Born: February 22, 1959 in Yakima, Washington, USA

Married to: Desiree Gruber (20 April 2002 – present) (1 child)

After the series finished, I was reluctant to return for the film, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). I was pretty naive about it. At the time, I felt like I was trapped in this stale role, but looking back, Dale Cooper was one of the best things that happened to me. I went on to make some film choices that were rather strange – made with the best intentions, but not necessarily coming out the way I wanted them to. I certainly can’t pretend that I didn’t do Showgirls (1995). But I’ve been around for a while now, I’m of a certain age and I’m still doing what I love to do. There’s some good work in there and there’s some work that’s questionable.

There’s not very many filmmakers like David [David Lynch], particularly in America. He’s so brave and courageous. He creates from a place that is unknown. He’s not following any blueprints. He’s following an unconscious urge and that’s hard to do nowadays when people want to know how much you’re going to make on this film on the first day of filming. They want to know what they can recoup by day 90, or day 120, or day 180, or whatever. And David just doesn’t work that way and that just doesn’t exist anymore.

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