Quotes by David Duchovny

About David Duchovny:

David William Duchovny is an American actor, writer, producer, director, and singer-songwriter. He is known for playing FBI Agent Fox Mulder on the science-fiction horror drama series The X-Files and writer Hank Moody on the comedy-drama series Californication, both of which have earned him Golden Globe awards. Duchovny has appeared in the two X-Files films, the 1998 science fiction-thriller of the same name and the supernatural-thriller The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008). As of May 2015, he has been executive producing and starring in the historically-based cop drama Aquarius.
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My whole life, I've wanted things before I was ready. I was always pushing for the next job, the next success. I was so focused on achieving and the path that I was missing some great point about life.

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One of the great things about doing series television is the guest actors that you can have come on and play around with.

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I've turned down jobs because I've said, 'Honestly, I can't find my way in. I can't do it. I love you, as a director. I think the script is good. You deserve better than I think I can do.'

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If my work was good enough, I would never have to do publicity.

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'Alien' is a great movie. So is 'Close Encounters.' But I'm not the guy who goes out to the science-fiction festival. '2001's good.

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What strikes me is that 'XIII' looks like a movie. The shot making is movie-like, which is kind of fun - the kind of playful action movie shot making is pretty, is pretty good. What's also great about this game is its style and interesting story-line...

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Fame does lead to money, which I don't have a close relationship with. I'm the kind of guy who never sees the money - it all goes somewhere else. I don't understand it, I don't like to deal with it. I have a fear of not having it, because I grew up w...

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Whenever somebody says they need an angle for their story I always fear that they've got an idea and they want me to fit into it or they want me to come up with an idea myself or I'm supposed to be more revealing than I've been, and to me it just sou...

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I had a fear that I'd be typecast, but I don't really have that fear anymore.

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My entire life has been an attempt to get back to the kind of feelings you have on a field. The sense of brotherhood, the esprit de corps, the focus - there being no past or future, just the ball. As trite as it sounds, I was happiest playing ball.

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The happiest moment of my life was probably when my daughter was born.

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I don't believe in a conspiracy to hide the existence of extraterrestrial life.

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I mean, there's chemistry in life and there's acting chemistry. I'm not saying they're the same thing, but they're as mysterious.

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You can go through life and actually speak your mind and do it in an articulate fashion and with a really intelligent point of view.

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Sometimes the better the writing, the harder it is to play because you really want to service it. It's hard to be that quick and articulate in life. You've got to try to make it seem discovered, you know, not rehearsed.

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I envisioned that as my life: staying in academia to make a living and then taking summers off to write my novels.

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I never thought about the actors on television or film, like what kind of life they had.

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I may be learning guitar, but I'll never be able to sing.

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People always love and respect characters who speak the truth, even if the truth hurts.

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I love the ocean, wide-open space and trees, but I'm not a gardener or anything like that. I think I may be, eventually. I was raised in the city, so I don't have that skill set, but my heart is more with the dirt than the concrete. It's an unrequite...

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I love the Lower East Side.

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Author Bio

  • NameDavid Duchovny
  • DescriptionUS-American actor
  • BornAugust 7, 1960
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionTelevision Actor; Film Actor; Actor; Film Director; Writer
  • WorksThe X-Files; Californication
  • AwardsGolden Globe Award