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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I think of myself as more of a comic person. I don't know about a comic actor.

David Duchovny

I'll instinctively know that I identify with a character.

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I think people are always trying to demystify whatever acting is, so they want to know what your method is.

David Duchovny

I wouldn't succeed at musical theater.

David Duchovny

I never, ever, ever cook. And I would never eat anything I might cook.

David Duchovny

When I started getting notoriety it was cheesy to appear in a commercial.

David Duchovny

Part of being an actor is letting things come about organically as opposed to forcing them.

David Duchovny

Most journalists expect me to answer all their questions about aliens and spaceships.

David Duchovny

In high school and college, I was an athlete.

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It's hard to find scripts that know what they are from page one to page 115.

David Duchovny

Sometimes the better the writing, the harder it is to play because you really want to service it.

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For hundreds of years, that was the major form of entertainment: The grown-ups sat around and watched the kids play. Now they sit around and watch the television. The actors are the kids.

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You can't control your mind. Why would you want to?

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I was about 26 or 27 and it was imperative that I make a living right away and it's hard to make a living on stage, so I started in television and film.

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98% of the people in the world are harmless and wish you well, but it only takes one person who doesn't. That's what you're constantly on guard against.

David Duchovny

I feel like I came to acting late in a way. I was about 26 or 27, and it was imperative that I make a living right away, and it's hard to make a living on stage, so I started in television and film.

David Duchovny

I wanted to write plays. I was at Yale graduate school at the time for English literature, not for acting... I liked the idea of collaboration, and I thought if I'm gonna write plays, I should learn something about speaking the lines that I might try...

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When I grew up, I was in Manhattan the whole time. But my kids have been all over the world.

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The key is to get to know people and trust them to be who they are. Instead, we trust people to be who we want them to be - and when they're not, we cry.

David Duchovny

Every day I try to do breathing exercises, meditation, and yoga. These things sound awfully cliche, but they help me slow down and try to point to a truth.

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At one time there were voiceover artists, now there are celebrity voiceover artists. It's unfortunate because these people need the money less than the voiceover artist.

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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