Laura Dern

Laura Dern with director David Lynch on the set of "Inland Empire," their third collaboration.

Tracy Smith asked Dern what working with Lynch gave her. "He has been my mentor and my maestro. He's made me take risks and pushed me to the edge in ways, as an actor, that I think I never could have imagined."

"Do you understand David Lynch films?" Smith asked.

"Sometimes!" she replied.

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