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Kyle MacLachlan, born on February 22, 1959, is an accomplished American actor. He gained widespread acclaim for his role as David Duchovny in the television series 'Twin Peaks', for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award. MacLachlan has demonstrated a diverse range of talents in both film and television, taking on challenging and varied roles throughout his career.

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“Hamlet is a little daunting.”

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“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.”

Ifs Writing Looks Character Helping Actors Strong Interesting Television Inspire Rely Staff

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“I've had a chance to really stretch and do a lot of different genres. 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.”

Different Whole Actors Chance Acting Company Roles Comedy Focus Stage Havens Type Tragedy Intention Genre Etc Jumping Reservations Different Genres Stage Actors

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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.”

Thinking Art Tree Rain Areas Clouds Giants Native Native American Pacific Pacific Northwest

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“I don't really think of myself as quirky; I have sort of an unusual sense of humor.”

Thinking Sense Of Humor Unusual Quirky

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“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.”

People Together Groups Lucky Working Together Happy Go Lucky

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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.”

Believe Mean Sometimes Guy Universe I Believe Fate Sitting Clouds I Believe In Credit Karma Thanks Strings Atoms Pulling Previous Life

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“1974 meant big cuffs, bell-bottoms, platform shoes with two-tone colors, and body-conscious shirts.”

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

Air Television Percent Twins Spain Twin Peaks

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

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“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.”

Looks Character Film Certain Scripts Odd

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“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.”

Film Process Treated Dry Pet Hung Mink

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“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.”

Doe Body Military Your Body Suits Designer

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“I already felt disengaged with my contemporaries.”

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“I always liked the Raiders of the Lost Ark. I still want to be Indiana Jones.”

Want Stills Lost Indiana Ark Raiders

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“I can move around the floor, but I don't know if I'd call that dancing!”

Ifs Knows I Can Moving Dancing

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“I can't get a job, I can't get arrested.”

I Can Jobs Arrested

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“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.”

Feels Humans I Can Helping Purpose Stuff Chance Human Beings

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“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.”

School Father Grew Grew Up High School Army Saved Jackets

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“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.”

Thinking New York Tvs Series Personal Experiences Tv Series

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

Fashion Garden Shirts Pants Boots Going Out T Shirt

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“My workout is my meditation.”

Meditation Yoga Wellness Workout

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“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”

Looks Soul Would Be Evil Black Interesting My Soul Benign

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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”

Character Blue Fascinating Blue Eyes Velvet Blue Velvet

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“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”

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“Hollywood is not good when it comes to age”

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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”

Play Hands Film Differences Directors Producers Editors

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“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”

Used House Growing Mad Caught Lovely Obsession Used To Be Caught Up

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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”

Has Beens Able Nice New York Clothes Sitting Winter Closets Nice Things

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“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”

Knows Character Actors Perspective Impact Unusual Clothings

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“The Monmouth Coffee Shop is the best place in London”

London Coffee Shops Best Place Coffee Shop

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“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.'”

Ideas Feelings Wonderful Strange Agents No Idea Definite Twin Peaks

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“I really fight for my privacy.”

Fighting Privacy

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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?”

People World Film Waiting Talking Crazy Madness Phones Rings Be You People Talking

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About the Author

Born: February 22, 1959
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 34

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