Laura Dern

What part was he reading for?

And he was very good, to be honest.

But crazily, I went in and we talked for, I feel like 45 minutes with the casting director and David about everything.

And I never read for him.

And the casting director had seen me in a couple of films and I guess recommended me.

But he, I don't think, had seen my acting yet.

But he just had an instinct.

And he was so a believer in following instinct.

And...

It seemed to go well.

I mean, I just was, you know, so in love with his movies already.

So it was such a huge thing to me.

I'd seen Eraserhead.

I'd seen Elephant Man.

So I was just blown away by him.

And then he invited myself and Kyle MacLachlan to lunch at Bob's Big Boy.

And I remember him doodling on a plate in ketchup, making like the most abstract and amazing drawings on his plate while the two of us were just talking and chatting it up and him watching the two of us.

And I could see in his eyes him starting to see his movie.

It was an amazing feeling as an actor.

You know, it wasn't about us necessarily or us separately, but as a whole, there was something that he felt was right for the film.