I kind of dread any kind of critical response, just because it's always painful in some way. Even if it's 80 percent good, it's the 20 percent that's bad that you remember - and that's a higher number than I usually get, 80 percent would be amazing.
David DuchovnyI mean, you always want everybody to pat you on the back and tell you you're wonderful every time you do something; I think that's human nature.
David DuchovnyI also watch a lot of really bad television when I'm writing, "Like Dancing With the Stars," with my daughter.
David DuchovnyEvery 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.
David DuchovnyWhen I was a kid I ate sports books up, like "Winners Never Quit" by Phil Pepe. That was like my bible.
David DuchovnyI don't know about the baby, but I will be interested to see, like anyone who's a fan of the show [how it's resolved]," he said, and then joked, "They'll have to resolve me while I'm not there, so I hope they don't say, 'Oh yeah, Mulder's gone, what an asshole. He had a baby with me, he kissed me and then he left.'
David DuchovnyApproaching a part or thinking about taking a part, I never think, 'Is that person like me?'
David DuchovnyFeelings come and go, unless you don't feel them. Then they stay, and hurt, and grow pear-shaped and weird.
David DuchovnyI don't think of myself as a TV actor. I think of myself as a film, television and Off-Off-Off-Off Broadway actor.
David DuchovnyAction is pretty boring to do as an actor. Action and sex scenes are silly because it's all faking.
David DuchovnyPatrick Stewart was the first internet sex symbol without hair but pileggi always thought it was him.
David DuchovnyThose characters are forever searchingeven if we're not watching them, they're out there, in some dimension. Mulder and Scully are still doing their thing, because that's their nature.
David DuchovnyIf you're smart, you'll always be humble. You can learn all you want, but there'll always be somebody who's never read a book who'll know twice what you know.
David DuchovnyWhen I grew up, I was in Manhattan the whole time. But my kids have been all over the world.
David DuchovnyAs we age, there are different things that become important to us and that means that different aspects of our character come to the forefront; certain aspects recede. And that's fun. It would be shitty to have to imitate myself.
David DuchovnyI think Mulder is the worst FBI agent in the world. He spends millions of dollars investigating these paranormal phenomena and never comes up with any evidence. He's the Kenneth Starr of the FBI.
David DuchovnyI'm actually thinking about getting back to being a bath tub. I don't think anyone's ever quite segued into that.
David DuchovnyIt seems unlikely that we're alone in the universe. But I'm pretty sure nobody's hiding any contact.
David DuchovnyJust like every show has a tone, every show has different people on it playing different games. I don't say 'game' in a pejorative sense, I just mean, these are different stories that we tell ourselves when we go to work.
David DuchovnyPeople… they don’t write anymore – they blog. Instead of talking, they text, no punctuation, no grammar: LOL this and LMFAO that. You know, it just seems to me it’s just a bunch of stupid people pseudo-communicating with a bunch of other stupid people in a proto-language that resembles more what cavemen used to speak than the King’s English.
David DuchovnyOur country was founded on a distrust of government. Our founding fathers gave power to the people to keep an eye on government. So when politicians say, 'Trust me,' they're actually being very un-American.
David DuchovnyEvery time Mulder smiles, people say, 'God, it was great to see you smile. Mulder never smiles.' I say, 'Mulder smiles a whole lot. He smiles at least once a show.' People get these ideas in their heads and they're impossible to shake. But, to be honest with you, Mulder is every bit as vulnerable and quirky as Ally McBeal. I think Mulder has pretty good legs, too.
David DuchovnyI had to work in one of the most beautiful ski resorts in the world for almost three weeks. Pity me.
David DuchovnyTV directors just aren't sexy for some reason, Although, you know, Rob and Kim [Manners] are very sexy in my eyes.
David DuchovnyI've run into certain geniuses of individualism - they are very few and far between - who live their lives completely on their own terms; they are very powerful and have a great amount of happiness. We all should aspire to that.
David DuchovnyTV was the boogey man when I was growing up. Video games are the boogey man now. The novel was once a boogey man. Books about lowborn people doing lowborn things were once considered a real assault on people's morals. Maybe some day video games will be looked on as a good thing, but personally I don't see it.
David DuchovnyI understand the self-loathing and the resentment, and the discipline that it takes to sit down in front of a typewriter or computer every single day, whether it's going well or not going well.
David DuchovnyI'm inspired as a writer by any place where I've lived for a significant amount of time that have memories, my past, and stories attached to them, and that's really New York and L.A. Any place where there's ghosts are inspiring.
David DuchovnyYou're kinda striding the line of what's yours and theirs. What's yours, what's mine, what's ours as creators of it and what's yours as owners.
David DuchovnyIt's always like you write a poem when you can't really say what you're trying to say.
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