Kyle MacLachlan Quotes & Sayings

I can't get a job, I can't get arrested. — Kyle MacLachlan

The most appealing thing to me about food is combining and layering flavors, tastes, and textures. So the perfect sandwich has to be toasted. It has to have Emmenthal Swiss cheese and a combination of sweet and savory - some cranberry or fig thing happening - with different kinds of meats like Black Forest ham and roast beef. — Kyle MacLachlan

Even after doing that TV thing, 'Roswell,' I'm still waiting to see my first UFO. — Kyle MacLachlan

I have olive trees and have tried my hand at curing small batches of olives, with varying degrees of success. So sometimes there are leftover olives I use in pasta sauce because they didn't quite make the grade. — Kyle MacLachlan

Most actors are pretty adaptable because we work with so many directors. — Kyle MacLachlan

Hollywood is not good when it comes to age. — Kyle MacLachlan

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. — Kyle MacLachlan

Looking at 70 from 49, I don't see it slowing me down. Maybe I'll need a nap during the day! I'm thinking when I'm 85 I'll settle down a bit. But I'm going to fight, kicking and screaming, every step of the way. — Kyle MacLachlan

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. — Kyle MacLachlan

To quote Agent Cooper, 'I have no idea where this will lead us, but I have a definite feeling it will be a place both wonderful and strange.' — Kyle MacLachlan

I've got German, Cornish and Scottish ancestry. It might help explain my affinity for forests, the sea, and fatty foods. — Kyle MacLachlan

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. — Kyle MacLachlan

Doing a film, or being sent scripts to look at a certain character, it's very odd for me. I tend to take it very personally. — Kyle MacLachlan

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? — Kyle MacLachlan

I have an avocado tree at my place in Los Angeles - it's the smoother-skinned one, which tends to be a little stringy. Often the birds or raccoons get the avocados before I can harvest them. I have figs, too, which are great with prosciutto, of course. I have limes and lemons, which I use to make lemonade. — Kyle MacLachlan

Helmut Lang does a lot of very military-influenced things. You have to find the designer that suits your body the best, and he works for me. — Kyle MacLachlan

When the audience first sees Cooper talking into his tape recorder at the beginning of 'Twin Peaks,' I think that's the greatest introduction to a character I've seen in my career. It tells you everything about the guy right there in a few minutes as well as bringing up a whole load of questions. — Kyle MacLachlan

Becoming a parent expands you as a human being. I am having the most wonderful time. You've married, but the addition of a child strengthens and deepens everything. — Kyle MacLachlan

David Lynch plucked me from obscurity. He cast me as the lead in 'Dune' and 'Blue Velvet,' and people have seen me as this boy-next-door-cooking-up-something-weird-in-the-basement ever since. I was 23 when I first met him, in his bungalow on the Universal lot, and could never have predicted we would have such an enduring relationship. — Kyle MacLachlan

Becoming a father increases your capacity for love and your level of patience. It opens up another door in a person - a door which you may not even have known was there. That's what I feel with my son. There's suddenly another level of love that expands. My son is my greatest joy, out of everything in my life. — Kyle MacLachlan

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. — Kyle MacLachlan

I really fight for my privacy. — Kyle MacLachlan

I garden a lot in LA, so fashion consists of boots, work pants and T-shirts, unless I'm going out. — Kyle MacLachlan

I'm a pretty organised packer, laying out everything beforehand, as I don't like to take extra stuff. I've got a good eye for judging how much I can stuff into one suitcase. I've often not brought the right items, but I'd never avoided a chance to shop, unlike most men. — Kyle MacLachlan

One of the things that I learned in television, and one of the beauties of television, is that, if you have a strong writing staff, they rely on you just as much as you rely on them. They look to me or the other actors to help inspire them to take the character in interesting directions. — Kyle MacLachlan

I like eating, cooking and shopping. It all goes together. — Kyle MacLachlan

A lot's riding on 'Dune,' and my friends in Seattle realize what's happening if I freak out a bit. They accept whatever I happen to be, and they tell me when I'm slipping out of Kyle. They call me the 'God Emperor of the Universe.' — Kyle MacLachlan

I think most actors feel an obligation to do right by the people they're playing. — Kyle MacLachlan

Sometimes for an afternoon snack, I'll get some tortilla chips and half an avocado, and I'll just eat that like guacamole. — Kyle MacLachlan

I don't think the women in the TV series are really like that. It's certainly not my personal experience of New York women. — Kyle MacLachlan

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. — Kyle MacLachlan

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. — Kyle MacLachlan

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. — Kyle MacLachlan

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. — Kyle MacLachlan

My breakfast consists of two cappuccinos and maybe a toasted English muffin, and that's pretty much it for me unless I decide to go a little more upscale, and then I'll have scrambled eggs. — Kyle MacLachlan

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. — Kyle MacLachlan

When I went back home to Seattle after filming 'Dune' in Mexico, I thought, 'Did this really happen?' — Kyle MacLachlan

I've done Graham Norton's show three times now. He tackles taboos and subject matter that wouldn't make it past the censors in the States. — Kyle MacLachlan

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. — Kyle MacLachlan

Working on 'Housewives' was very similar to 'Sex and the City.' Different cities, of course, but a high level of talent in the writing and acting on both! — Kyle MacLachlan

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. — Kyle MacLachlan

I can't help but feel that stuff that comes to me by chance or on purpose, whatever, tends to reflect where I am as a human being. — Kyle MacLachlan

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. — Kyle MacLachlan

I get very caught up with things. I used to be dominated by domestic things. I had a lovely house in LA-and it became this growing, mad obsession. — Kyle MacLachlan

My workout is my meditation. — Kyle MacLachlan

I don't really think of myself as quirky; I have sort of an unusual sense of humor. — Kyle MacLachlan

For the time it takes to make the film, you are treated like a cosseted pet. Then the process is over, and you're hung out to dry. It's like being a mink. — Kyle MacLachlan

I already felt disengaged with my contemporaries. — Kyle MacLachlan

My first album was The Doobie Brothers ... 'Captain and Me.' You always remember your first! — Kyle MacLachlan

When I'm in a foreign city, I like to get to know it like a local. — Kyle MacLachlan

Apparently, when Twin Peaks was on the air in Spain, something like 50 percent of televisions were tuned to it. — Kyle MacLachlan

I always liked the Raiders of the Lost Ark. I still want to be Indiana Jones. — Kyle MacLachlan

I did a little movie called 'Touch of Pink,' where I played a Cary Grant-type guy, which I thought was a lot of fun, and I thought I was moderately successful in my own interpretation of Cary Grant. — Kyle MacLachlan

I'm pretty, for lack of a better word, happy-go-lucky. I take things very seriously, but I'm very aware of people around me. I like to be part of a group that's working together towards something positive. — Kyle MacLachlan

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. — Kyle MacLachlan

Actors have an unusual perspective on clothing. You've really got to know the impact of what you're wearing on the character you're playing. — Kyle MacLachlan

The Monmouth Coffee Shop is the best place in London. — Kyle MacLachlan

I try to travel as light as possible to avoid baggage issues. Los Angeles airport is notorious for baggage delays, so I'll often FedEx a suitcase ahead or back so I don't need to stand around; it also minimises problems at check-in. — Kyle MacLachlan

As an actor, you're always in situations that can be compromising. But you can wipe away that gray area by making a choice. — Kyle MacLachlan

I think my wife married me for my guacamole. — Kyle MacLachlan

Everyone has their 'Showgirls.' We remember the great films actors have been in, and the rest get forgotten. But occasionally, people like to revisit the ones that get swept aside. — Kyle MacLachlan

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. — Kyle MacLachlan

My first-ever visit to a cheese factory was in Tillamook Washington ... yes, I am that nerdy. — Kyle MacLachlan

1974 meant big cuffs, bell-bottoms, platform shoes with two-tone colors, and body-conscious shirts. — Kyle MacLachlan

I can move around the floor, but I don't know if I'd call that dancing! — Kyle MacLachlan

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. — Kyle MacLachlan

I'd like to do more Shakespeare. I'd like to do Iago in Othello. I look so benign. It would be interesting to see that black evil come out of my soul. — Kyle MacLachlan

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. — Kyle MacLachlan

Hamlet is a little daunting. — Kyle MacLachlan

Walla Walla is where I make wine, with Eric Dunham. He and I partnered up on a small project for me. We make pretty good cabernet and syrah. — Kyle MacLachlan

'Portlandia' is the most fun show. When I get a breakdown of what the arc of the story is going to be, I could never in my wildest dreams anticipate the direction. — Kyle MacLachlan

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. — Kyle MacLachlan

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. — Kyle MacLachlan

'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. — Kyle MacLachlan

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. — Kyle MacLachlan

I do hang on to things. I was so happy my father saved his army jacket. I grew up wearing that all through high school. — Kyle MacLachlan