Naomi Watts, Laura Dern & Patricia Arquette Tell David Lynch Stories | W magazine

[@billc.2627]

David Lynch. One of the most unique one of a kind directors ever. RIP legend!

[@Robaatosensei]

David Lynch was unique? Really? Who new that but you? Wow, what a new, completely original insight.

[@Facelessify1]

@@Robaatosensei Who hurt you?

[@m810x2]

@@Robaatosenseiwhy are you being rude to someone trying to remember him?

[@lapsijahti]

​@@Robaatosenseiare you out of your rectal suppositories?

[@GeorgiaPascoe]

This was basically a lynch impression competition, I approve

[@michaeldavis9300]

Georgia Pascoe I say Naomi takes it

[@johnfreeman1297]

Naomi's is uncanny. Dern's was good too.

[@Agos226]

I bet when they hang out they just take turn doing Lynch impressions

[@Nortonius_]

Naomi Watts absolutely top tier with hers 😂 NAY OH MEE!

[@flannerymonaghan-morris4825]

Apparently, according to Kyle MacLachlan, he remembers that he hung out once with Anthony Hopkins, and he recalled how Anthony and him both did impressions of David-and Anthony did the better job by far, being almost uncanny.

[@serenabramble260]

"Naomi, anyone who sits in the hand of King Kong will be a movie star for life!"

[@matman000000]

Strange but true.

[@klybis8709]

It’s true.

[@johncall7532]

Except Fay Wray

[@MikeMeehan]

@@johncall7532 we know her by name nearly 100 years later - i'll give her movie star status

[@anthonybrett]

Worked for Jessica Lange! She's still a dream to watch.

[@boppob1343]

Its adorable how much they obviously love David. It really is a fresh of breath air to have a massive hollywood creator be so wholesomely caring and friendly.

[@benjameshowden]

Perhaps he channeled his darkness into the art

[@Scoo]

My feelings exactly.

[@vleaky3430]

nice to see a couple of Hollywood women who don't hate on men. Very refreshing.

[@whatdothlife4660]

@@vleaky3430 Stop

[@vleaky3430]

@@whatdothlife4660 stop what?

[@issueswithtissues3082]

Naomi playing both David Lynch and herself in a David Lynch biopic would for sure win her an Oscar

[@tobiogunyemi7631]

Naomi Watts needs to play David Lynch in a biopic. I don't care what has to happen to get that going, I just want it. I want to make that film.

[@pvtrichter8816]

just to hear that spot-on impression!!

[@henryjackson2357]

Tobi Ogunyemi Oh shut up, you film geeks are annoyijg

[@tobiogunyemi7631]

Henry Jackson, no. We're really annoying talking about a video that shows the actors talking about a director? Come on.

[@felipematos8661]

REALLY WEIRD STUFF

[@lowdownshakinchill]

I have never wanted anything more in my stupid life.

[@MindbodyMedic]

Always liked Lynch but seeing actors especially women gushing over him and how he works and treats people really sold me. Such a special person.

[@adsinozable]

Especially women? What are you talking about?

[@m810x2]

@@adsinozablebecause women are usually treated differently than men in the industry use your head. He made it a safe place for them.

[@Corellian]

@@adsinozable In this age, where so many directors and producers are being revealed as creeps and rapists, having women expressing genuine love and appreciation for Lynch feels great honestly.

[@lapsijahti]

​@@Corellianwell, i mean... Lynch used to have a very idiosyncratic way to depict his female characters. Rossellini in Blue Velvet, Sheryl Lee in Fire Walk with Me, Arquette in Lost Highway, Watts in Mulholland Dr., Dern in Wild at Hearts and Inland Empire, many actresses in Twin Peaks series and other projects. they are all either femme fatales or damsels in distress, mere functions, always unsheathed, exploited, humiliated and objectified. i don't really think it was David's intention (Mulholland Dr. is literally about exposing predatory underbelly of Hollywood), but you can't deny that this is at least weird and uncomfortable.

[@bobarctor2063]

I've been coming back to this video for years because it is such an intimate look at why the people who worked with him love him so much. That he was an auteur with such distinctive artistic vision, creating his own cinematic language and idioms while he was still in film school, making him a truly one of a kind genius who can never be replicated, goes without saying. But he was also a kind man with great empathy and love and an uplifting positivity. He took you to the darkest places but part of that was so you could better recognize beauty and light. He will be so painfully missed by so many.

[@jonazo7188]

Yes, he was not a pessimist or a nihilist. He saw beauty in the grotesque and the strange sometimes, but he didn’t show ugliness for its own sake.

[@Zepster77]

Wonderful remarks ❤

[@flannerymonaghan-morris4825]

I love how all these women immediately light up when they tell their stories about him. Like they glow. RIP dear man.

[@alisdairmckenzie]

Fantastic clip. Laura Dern was born to work with Lynch - she totally gets it

[@UniversalSouls]

They're both Aquarian ♒

[@allamaraine8066]

She does, man! He’s so...himself, and they always seem so in sync. I admire that. They also seem to have a pretty tight father-daughter relationship, as well.

[@19RaxR91]

@@UniversalSouls and You are irrational.

[@UniversalSouls]

@@19RaxR91 yes I'm certainly not measurable in terms of metrics units

[@sam-cs7ne]

@@UniversalSouls?

[@rasnac]

The way they talk about him, you can feel how much these amazingly talented women love and trust Lynch. It is such a big difference from all the ugliness in the Hollywood.

[@stopbunsen]

I was just thinking that. He's a man with pretty strong values so I'm not entirely surprised, but it's nice to see.

[@ThePromQueenxo]

My thoughts exactly. I just hope we won't be surprised by any stories in the future.

[@HummingbirdEighty8]

@@ThePromQueenxo, me, too! It would break my heart.❤🦋

[@ThePromQueenxo]

@@HummingbirdEighty8 Awww ❤

[@glowingfish]

@@ThePromQueenxo Yeah at this point, we are down to Mister Rogers, John Coltrane and David Lynch.

[@mattgilbert7347]

They all adore him. What a real one he was. RIP Fans went to Bob's Big Boy and left flowers and other tributes at the base of Bob himself.

[@formervehemence]

Everyone who's ever worked with him has a "David Lynch Voice" and I love it.

[@billyjackoff]

Naomi Watts just absolutely nailing the David Lynch impression.

[@zedc6072]

I like how positive their experiences were with him. I never liked the notion of directors being rude/unreasonable with their actors for ‘the sake of the art’ and meanwhile you have David being really positive to his cast while even when making his really bizarre and disturbing stuff

[@alekid]

Naomi Watts impersonating David Lynch is too adorable. I keep returning here to watch it again

[@Damngoodcoffee_n_cherrypie]

I had to pause around 1:50 Naomi Watts says she had been auditioning for 10 years at that point. I've been trying to make a career change to software engineering for the 7 months and almost at the verge of giving up. This gives me renewed hope and courage. Thanks :)

[@temporaryscars]

You commented this a year ago...I hope you're a software engineer now and happy. :)

[@subsonicdeathmonkey]

RIP David Lynch. What an amazing legacy you’ve left us.

[@indiesongwriter5474]

At the end when Naomi says that it feels like David is in the scene with you, it seems like she is choking up a little bit. They love him so much!

[@arnoldrivas4590]

Laura Dern: Tid Bit Naomi Watts: Buttercup Patricia Arquette: Solid Gold Of course, David Lynch would give his leading actresses nicknames. lol

[@disgruntledcashier503]

He also calls Kyle MacLachlan "Kale", after how Dino Delaurentis pronounced "Kyle".

[@MichaelFreckelton]

And of course there's Madgkin for Mädchen Amick

[@williamwong1982]

Nicolas Cage: Nicster

[@gstein20000]

I just want a David Lynch biopic directed by Lynch where he’s played by all these wonderful actresses.

[@luthfeeghazale6206]

suggestion: a "im not there" type biopic but its David Lynch

[@sylvainbougie7269]

YES,

[@carlosnunez9050]

Rest in Peace, Mr. Lynch. Thank you for bringing these amazing people and stories to the screen.

[@methaphisic]

I’m having a really bad start of year, and I read something about David having to be isolated during COVID and then moved because of the fires. And then I’m slowly going through his movies to do my mourning and pay my respects to a man that accompanied me through all of my life. I’m 37. Watching this video made me laugh a few times. I’m so happy he was so adored by the people around him.

[@jenskofoed-pihl-r1h]

RlP. And thank you, mr. Lynch. The world is dull and boring without you.

[@brunobb1]

Naomi's impression of David Lynch is perfect.

[@Slightlybent]

Three years later and I'm still coming back to this and rewatching. It just doesn't get old.

[@stickyicky669]

Three years after your comment three years ago and me too. It's a timeless treasure.

[@luiginastro8831]

I love that every person who's worked with Lynch whenever they talk about him they do an impression of him. I don't know, I just love that

[@MojiBeau]

That’s how you know they truly love him

[@z-e-r-o-]

🚬👱🏻‍♂️NYAOMI〜!!

[@Phoenix909TV]

David Lynch is a catboy confirmed

[@nathanwhite3953]

Being in a David Lynch film would be a bucket list topper for anyone, let alone actors. Great stuff.

[@jpetersgoyanks]

Tidbit, Buttercup & Solid Gold need to make an album together.

[@allys744]

I hear Lynch calls Maclachlan “kale” 😂

[@Stop_The_Car]

It’s because some other person working on Dune with them couldn’t pronounce ‘Kyle’ right and Lynch loved it.

[@pianoboi4842]

@@Stop_The_Car the other person was the italian Dino De Laurentiis, the producer.

[@Necronauta_]

Everyone he worked with absolutely loved him, I'm gonna miss living in the same world as David Lynch

[@billt5410]

You can tell Naomi really enjoy working for him because she keeps repeats her name with her Lynch voice!

[@zenosAnalytic]

I've been watching allot of these videos the last few days, trying to process the death of a person I never met who managed to be a huge part of my life purely through the art they made and the way they lived, and it's really helped. Thanks for sharing these stories, and my sympathies to those who actl knew him. What a guy!

[@hope_canyon]

Well said, that's exactly what I've been doing. He really did seem like a really thoughtful and considerate person

[@AngelofMusic04]

Amidst Naomi Watts' brilliant impersonation, the thing I find most fascinating about this is that Lynch had no idea who Bettie Page was.

[@rabidrobbie]

I know, right?

[@theycallmethesoandso]

The bee's knees :D

[@brandonlawrence7230]

How could that have been possible? I think he was messing with her.

[@colderbeer]

@@brandonlawrence7230 Agreed....that was all part of his act....

[@FindecanorNotGmail]

He just didn't want to admit that he liked a pin-up girl ...

[@moonbeam_base]

I come back to watch Naiomi Watts' impression at 1:11 very frequently

[@joydivider42]

Superb Director.....now buying all his films.....thank you Naomi for your acting in Mulholland Drive

[@Oskuzen]

Rest in Peace David Lynch. ♥️

[@JasonParmenter]

Laura Dern has yet to write anything about his passing as of this moment, it's devastating for her I am sure. RIP DAVID LYNCH

[@tylerjacobson8012]

I can’t imagine how crazy his way of directing makes actors. Patricia Arquette is a powerhouse on camera. Lost highway is one of Lynch’s most abstract films. I can’t imagine what not knowing your characters stories is like. Especially when you’re playing two different people that are connected in a weird way like they are in lost highway.

[@RED01SEA]

just wait to see inland empire , I still to this day don't know how David and Laura Dern pull that out , its a miracle that movie even works one of my favorites too !!! its like lost highway and Mulholland drive but on crack .

[@sunderland69]

You did not see much of Lynch if your think Lost Highway is abstract. It's almost a teen drama comparing to his other movies like Inland Empire or Eraserhead.

[@tylerjacobson8012]

@@sunderland69 I’ll give you inland empire, but Eraserhead is much easier to understand. The images are surreal but the story beats and themes are concrete. I can’t say as much about lost Highway. If you view the movie a mobius strip it clears it up a tiny bit. The thematic elements are still lost in my subconscious somewhere. I’ve watched it so many times now that it’s kind of revealed itself a bit but I still find it too dense in the abstract. Lynch is one of my favorite filmmakers.

[@sunderland69]

@@tylerjacobson8012 Well props to you then😁 I didn't understand sh*t in Eraserhead tbh. As for Lost Highway, for me it's almost like Mulholland Drive but simpler. Doesn't it have almost the same twist, as I recall?

[@LostAndFound11.11]

Inland empire was for me like i would be in david lynches head and he had a chaotic nightmare. I can not say that i like it but in some strange way it was a very special expirience which i like 😂😅

[@RealLukeWilson]

I'd love to be David Lynch for even just two minutes. His mind is on a whole different plane of existence from the rest of humanity and I really want to know what it's like in there. I imagine he knows all the secrets of the Universe and takes complete, pure, unadulterated joy in watching the rest of us try to figure it all out.

[@LfunkeyA]

probably not the case at all

[@tatehildyard5332]

Luke Wilson I wouldn't. The inside of his brain sounds really scary.

[@warioman91]

definitely not how he is....

[@RagedContinuum]

He seems pretty square to me - he just gets a kick out of life

[@watertommyz]

I don't think he's so enigmatic as he's just creative and inventive, funny and weird. All in good ways. The way he describes use of electricity pretty much comes down to he just likes the atmosphere it creates. Not even metaphorical. Just likes it.

[@rio197]

Everybody's got these warm stories of the man. He must've had been a really good guy. RIP David Lynch.

[@bobbyaaassah1901]

naomi's impression was gold! the lynch girls are all maga-talented!

[@dallasdandigitalproduction393]

"Maga-talented"? You sure about that? Lol

[@michaelwertzy9808]

@@dallasdandigitalproduction393, "Maga"? What is this is? I can't to be knowing now! Me speak no language at all, but I scratch my noggin too much! LMAO

[@Lucas-up9wq]

MAGA?

[@JohnDoe-yy9nf]

This was a fascinating insight. I just love Naomi's impression of David Lynch. So funny.

[@scottmarnie9637]

Patricia and Balthazar in that desert scene is one of the most romantic and sensual movie scenes ever (set to "Song to the Siren" nonetheless). To watch it is to never forget it.

[@dedexter88]

i totally agree with you!

[@revdckmz]

I think it wasnt Balthazar at that point

[@sapodetenis]

"You'll never have me again"

[@Rodrigo-vb4yj]

This hits hard, man.

[@LegendTwentySeven]

I could go for the feature-length movie with all of these anecdotes - so entertaining and inspiring

[@madlark8458]

Naomi is so unbelievably sweet. I think that one behind the scenes video where she refuses to slap David sums her up perfectly ^_^

[@tedl7538]

Naomi's Lynch impressions are priceless!

[@Vincent1808]

Gotta love Naomi Watts’ David Lynch impression

[@allyfriend2227]

Rest in Peace King

[@psychicseveredhead2535]

"she's the bee's knees" I can totally see Lynch saying that :D

[@DavidFulton-ng9ke]

Nothing has made me happier in the past 20 years than seeing the popular culture acceptance of David Lynch and Werner Herzog as truly original human beings.

[@adambazso9207]

Yeah, but David Lynch seems to be a very nice, positive and easier-to-like guy when compared to Werner Herzog. Of course W.H. is not negative either, just somehow he has that kind of intense energy which can be intimidating at times.

[@TheBuckMuscles]

You mean the German is intense and intimidating? No way. Lol ​@adambazso9207

[@jolinerz]

Naomi is a goddess! Pure class. And Hollywood is dead since Naomi lost on her second oscar nomination, she deserves that oscar!

[@TheSnoozeFox]

Even his casting process sounds like a Lynch film LMAO

[@gabbygutierrez7734]

I want to meet David Lynch just to see how he lives. I admire him so much he's such a weirdo

[@Happy30Too]

Look at the David Lynch Foundation website--it is what matters most to him...great stuff he does to help under-served kids, Vets with PTSD, Native Americans, etc.

[@HfilmReviews]

Very very plainly lol, cigarettes painting and I believe a blank home

[@helena4915]

He has a youtube channel

[@TheMattmatic]

Check out the documentary "The Art Life"!

[@shawnhoelscher8164]

check out his KZbin channel. He gives a weather report and declares a number of the day every day!

[@ImpracticalDefects]

I couldn't remember where I saw the dark haired girl but something about her screamed ONE ONE NINE!

[@adamdeville1977]

the more i watch of laura, the more i love her, so animated and happy ... and beautiful. *sigh*

[@HP41CY]

Can not stop watching Naomi's impression of David. I guess the 15th time or more. I am literally laughing my a... off ;-) Thank you very, very much, NAOMI for your entertainment!

[@agentdcooperr]

................................Nice to meet you, HP41CY

[@aperturealpha6760]

i prolly could have sat here and listened to those amazing women talk about David Lynch all day.

[@merlinho0t]

Naomi had me dying with her impressions

[@krunchielloyd]

These beautiful ladies are all class!

[@coreylucas5346]

AMEN.

[@alisdairmckenzie]

Fantastic. I could listen to these anecdotes all day. What amazing ladies. Clearly a trip working with Lynch

[@Bhabna10]

How weird is it that I watched Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive and Wild at Heart one after another 2 days ago?

[@patgogan7324]

No inland empire? Lol i know that ones a bit of a marathon

[@unrulysimian3897]

Jeremy Hillary Boob, Ph.D - perfectly normal.

[@doppx]

good consumer, good consumer

[@ffsf739]

Naomi's impressions are so great!

[@frostychickenprods]

I once watched A vid of Lynch building a lamp for a half hour on a car ride

[@estevancarlos]

where is this video?

[@badmen1550]

I’d rather watch 30 minutes of Lynch building a lamp than an episode of most of what’s on television today

[@athiedoll]

Sounds like a good half hour tbh

[@JerryShelby]

5:49 The amount of dedication for the impression is surreal.

[@This_Channel_nothing]

I watched this video for many times, especially Naomi’s part which is hilarious. I really admire David Lynch and also these brilliant actresses he choose for his films. What a genius and these awesome talents.

[@dreamabyss5423]

I love Naomi and Lynch. Naomi loves Lynch and Lynch loves Naomi. I'm not sure what they think about me.

[@astrogypsy]

How is it possible that Lynch was unaware of Betty Page? Wow.

[@AngelofMusic04]

It's a strange world, isn't it?

[@SoaringTrumpet]

Rest in peace, David, you beautiful soul.

[@dman030]

we love all these ladies......thank you for the wonderful films with this amazing director! 💛

[@weirdverma]

Omg I love Naomi...she does the perfect imitation

[@vojtasjedyny]

LOL @ Naomi's Lynch. I'm so glad David chose her for a leading role in MD. He's my hero for that thing alone! :-)

[@grimgrimace4843]

Patricia in Lost highway was one of the hottest women on film I've ever seen.

[@Gilliganfrog]

She was mind-blowingly gorgeous in that film.... and here, she's looking like a man. WTF?

[@stefanopx5811]

@Randy White all except naomi

[@happy_toad]

@@Gilliganfrog ...and not very attractive man, at this... ((

[@nicksimons7391]

i think she looks beautiful in this:(

[@ResistanceQuest]

Agreed

[@pinealdreams1064]

It's fantastic that in a system so full of corruption, particularly in the wake of Me Too - something Lynch had called out himself in Mullholland Drive - these actors genuinely love the guy. He's just too pure for this world.

[@LarryPokeTrainer]

Extremely talented, beautiful ladies. Lynch and all of them are geniuses. Can't say much about Hailey Gates but I'm sure if Lynch has her in Twin Peaks she'll do fantastic.

[@BTVagrant]

She is! It's the "Drugged Out Mother" screaming 1-1-9 over and over. :D

[@psychicseveredhead2535]

I hope she has a more important part!

[@TechnologicallyTechnical]

One one nine! One one nine!

[@astra7015]

Women with substance glow through life

[@sgshumblecrumb6046]

My girlfriend criteria is officially "Would David Lynch cast her in one of his movies?"

[@johnboslet2400]

so in love with Patricia Arquette! Damn!

[@817michael]

RIP David Lynch, truly one of a kind

[@casandrabullock9497]

only David Lynch can get away with saying the bees knees

[@RG7803]

Amazing people, great interview.

[@brgenilsen623]

i love the audition scene in mulhollan drive

[@alexanderclaylavin]

I used to make coffee often for Naomi Watts and she is a world-class human being

[@nickborrrego]

I love that they all love him.

[@RavenPoe-bz7qx]

I would have loved to see Laura Helena in this interview as well. But I love Naomi’s impersonation of him, and had no idea of how much input Patricia had in how Rene and Alice should look like, from their clothes and hair to even their nail colors, amazing wow, great visuals and collaboration! Laura D was amazing in Inland Empire! I hope David could do another film where all his divas could be together, Laura Helena, Naomi, Laura D, and Patricia, and it should either be called City of Angels as a cover-up name for a very twisted, dark, disturbing and sinister plot! And Chrysta Bell should be singing all the songs on the soundtrack!

[@wiiplaya25]

Dream film

[@tprimeau1]

These women are all amazingly talented.

[@randykern1842]

I know Laura is absolutely devastated - it must feel like she lost a member of her family. They were each other’s muse. I wish I could let her how much I feel for her right now ❤

[@sidviscus]

I want Lynch to make more movies and I want these ladies to all be in them.

[@Alex-tx6by]

Naomi Watts is adorable

[@ciesinsk]

Love it how Naomi can impersonate David Lynch. Really nice :)

[@unclebillofthepit187]

First video I thought of when I heard he had passed. RIP

[@koby_in_renaissance]

Impossible but we need a new David Lynch movie with Naomi Watts again 😩

[@hudooguru2]

what a fantastic video. thank you for posting

[@kingbee1971]

Balthasar Getty, what a lucky bastard. Patty Arquette forever.

[@nebnep]

Sooooo much wanna miss Naomi!

[@ziggytonumaa]

Another wonderful thing that Lynch does: when in conversation with someone, he says their name

[@NolalanD]

That's a technique of hypnotists.

[@kevinfrancis6033]

Excellent interviews ...DL and his star ladies...brilliant 💫📽

[@RandomDude655]

David Lynch sounds like a blast to hang out with.

[@clacclackerson3678]

This was great! Thank you!