Quotes from Kyle MacLachlan


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


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


The Monmouth Coffee Shop is the best place in London.


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?


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


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


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.


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


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.


I think my wife married me for my guacamole.


I really fight for my privacy.


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.


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.


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.