No I didn't audition, I didn't even know David Lynch till the week before I started the film.
“You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.”
“I could lie and say my wife cooks for me, but she doesn't. My wife has never learnt cooking but she has great cooks at home.”