My relationship with David Lynch began as a ten-year-old boy wandering the aisles of a video store. While browsing the shelves for monster movies, a DVD box caught my eye and reeled me in: a cloaked figure with a stitched bag on his head.

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.

Hollywood lost a true legend today, as it was announced that David Lynch had died at the age of 78. The experimental and incredibly creative filmmaker was deeply beloved, and his films and shows have influenced so many over the decades.