Laura Dern Honors Her "Maestro" David Lynch at the Imagemaker Awards

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At the 2025 InStyle Imagemaker Awards, Laura Dern pays tribute to her longtime collaborator, director David Lynch, during her acceptance speech for the Woman of Impact Award.. In this video, Dern reflects on their work, from 'Blue Velvet' to 'Twin Peaks.' She thanks Lynch for teaching her about endless potential and for his exploration of complex women in storytelling.

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00:00I want to thank my hero and maestro David Lynch, who gave me the opportunity at 17 years old

00:07to play a rather archetypal girl next door character in the film Blue Velvet,

00:14while only maybe two years later he allowed me to completely discover the most radically

00:23opposite kind of, again, perhaps archetype, with this shift into exploring a sex siren of sorts.

00:32And then years later, along with Justin, amongst all the other work that he would have allowed me

00:39to be part of, he asked me to play, Justin knows this, not one but four different characters,

00:47because he never saw anyone as one thing, not any of you as one thing, not any actor or artist as one

00:56thing, always teaching me to trust endless potential, and not only in myself, but more

01:02specifically in all the women that he wanted to explore in story, all the women that I have had

01:10the privilege to play and learn from, and never to be defined, but always to be explored through

01:17storytelling. And may we, may all of you, in your guidance and your art, help artists and women

01:25find their way to that.

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