I was a stage actor in Seattle.
I had no intention, or no...
no notion that I would ever arrive in Los Angeles.
I was a stage actor, I was a classical actor.
But David likes stage actors.
They shot the pilot of "Twin Peaks" outside of Seattle.
At that time, when he was bringing in "the usual suspects",
that's what we called ourselves,
it was called "Northwest Passage".
Nobody had read a script, of course.
So I assumed it was about Lois and Clark.
I came to the audition in a shawl.
So it was a big surprise to me.
But they took a little scene, that was actually a different character,
and put it on tape to Johanna Ray.
And then after that...
A few days later I was called in to meet David and Mark.
I had never met any film or TV directors before.
I didn't know what to expect.
They were so nice, and so casual, and so putting you at ease.
We talked, and I remember David saying,
"Wendy, you're a very happy person.
"You're a very jolly person.
"Do you think you could play
"a very angry person?"
And Joanna said,
"Oh yes, David, I believe she can."
And I guess that was it.
My friend, who was assisting them putting people on tape and so on, said that
when I walked out David said, "Ah, there goes Nadine."