No I didn't audition, I didn't even know David Lynch till the week before I started the film. 
I worked for Sam Peckinpah on quite a bit of action in his films, and he got excited once in a while. 
I was a stunt man for 35 years. 
I worked for John Ford, Howard Hawks, Henry Hathaway, Raoul Walsh - I worked for some real good directors. 
I worked with Cecil B DeMille quite a few times. 