We were talking about ideas,” the Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet star says. “It was like, ‘What’s next?’ And then, suddenly—poof—he’s gone.”

I will miss him more than the limits of my language can tell and my heart can bear. My world is that much fuller because I knew him and that much emptier now that he’s gone.”

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.