Back in the late 60s during the 70s I
was living Topanga Canyon there were a
lot of people into individually making
films and every once in a while I would
have some showings of 16-millimeter
films at my house in Topanga Canyon now
David Lynch came through there and
showed a film, one of his early films
later on it turned out that, I had
totally forgotten this, that I had met
David or that I had seen this film until
I saw the film again some 20 years later
it's called The Grandmother. Speed the
reel ahead years go by I'm having a hell
of a time finding work of any sort, my
career is in the puddle. I got a call
from an agent that I had at the time
that some americano and a little B movie
in Mexico City had fallen out and could
I get down there very quickly and make
five dollars and do this film, and while
I was there in Mexico City I heard that
some guy named David Lynch, I didn't
remember the name either
was prepping a big film called Dune.
David was having lunch with some folks
I met him there in the commissary and he
was very gracious and very nice and
I told him I just loved Dune and if there
was any part in there I would really be
thrilled, he said sorry it's all cast,
and I got a call from a different agent
now, that there was a part in
this movie Dune and David Lynch
wanted me to do it and I said I thought
it was all cast he said no some guy
pulled out of that and I got on the
phone called Mexico City and asked for
David got on the line and David spoke
first, said listen I want to apologize
for the way I reacted when I saw you and
in Churubusco Studios that day I must
have looked really strange but
I thought you were dead
and I said well sorry. There I went down
to Mexico and met David and during the
first couple weeks of shooting Dune he
deluges to me that we've met before
don't you member I was over times I show
The Grandmother oh yeah oh great hey
how was it? Did you have good time? I mean
there was some of us that were sort of out of
touch in the 60s and early 70s in
Topanga Canyon, we had a good time we saw
important movies and then we forgot them
