No I didn't audition, I didn't even know David Lynch till the week before I started the film.
“I always think I'm the Tom Cruise of music - a lot of success and fans, but no critics, darling.”
“I just always knew that I lived in two worlds. There was the world of my house and community, but to make my way in that white world I had to modify the way I spoke and acted. I had to sometimes not make direct eye contact.”