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Patricia Arquette Channeled Her ‘Medium’ Self to Give David Lynch’s Daughter a Message: ‘Make Her Quit Smoking’

IndieWire spoke with Patricia Arquette about working with David Lynch's daughter Jennifer Lynch.

“I heard David in my head, ‘You gotta make her quit smoking, Arquette,’ and so I was telling her, ‘your dad wants me to tell you… like my ‘Medium’ self-came out,” Arquette told IndieWire at the Tribeca Film Festival, referencing the psychic character she played on the hit drama from 2005-2011. Jennifer Lynch has become a prolific director in her own right, working frequently on television series such as “Matlock,” “Monsters,” and “American Horror Story.” Her father died in January from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which resulted from his own lifelong smoking habit. “As an actress, David doesn’t give you a lot of information,” Arquette told IndieWire in January.

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