People are really much more respectful than they're made out to be and much more discerning about the fact that I'm not the character I play.
David DuchovnyWhat I liked about Mulder was his quality of not caring what other people thought of him. He was very independent. He wasn't interested in women. I liked that. He had kind of an intellectual quest, but not a sexual quest. That was the challenge of Mulder. Here was a guy that got almost sexually excited about aliens. And I wanted to be able to do that!
David DuchovnyI think the real heroic teachers are the ones who work with kids, like my mom and my sister do.
David DuchovnyApproaching a part or thinking about taking a part, I never think, 'Is that person like me?'
David DuchovnyWhenever 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 sounds like something I don't want to do.
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