With the passing of beloved director David Lynch, many of the actors he worked with – along with countless staunch admirers – have shared emotional tributes and testaments to his legacy.

The "Twin Peaks" and "Blue Velvet" star wrote that the late filmmaker allowed him to "travel in worlds" he could "never have conceived" on his own.

When a director and an actor develop an ongoing creative partnership, a certain kind of magic happens, and this was certainly the case with actors Kyle MacLachlan and Laura Dern and director David Lynch.