Kyle MacLachlan(I)

The name of his winery, "Pursued by Bear," was suggested one evening over dinner by Steve Martin, and refers to a stage direction in Shakespeare's play, The Winters Tale. As the story goes, Shakespeare only ever wrote one stage direction in any of his plays (that job was generally left for stage managers), as included in "The Winter's Tale": "Exit, pursued by a bear".

After the series finished, I was reluctant to return for the film, Fuoco cammina con me (1992). I was pretty naive about it. At the time, I felt like I was trapped in this stale role, but looking back, Dale Cooper was one of the best things that happened to me. I went on to make some film choices that were rather strange - made with the best intentions, but not necessarily coming out the way I wanted them to. I certainly can't pretend that I didn't do Showgirls (1995). But I've been around for a while now, I'm of a certain age and I'm still doing what I love to do. There's some good work in there and there's some work that's questionable.