David Duchovny
David Duchovny
David William Duchovnyis an American actor, writer, producer, director, novelist, and singer-songwriter. He is known for playing FBI Agent Fox Mulder on the sci-fi horror action drama show The X-Files and writer Hank Moody on the comedy-drama series Californication, both of which have earned him Golden Globe awards. Duchovny appeared in both of 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. As of May 2015, he has...
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth7 August 1960
CityNew York City, NY
It's rare in movies or even in life where somebody owns up to their needs. I guess in a relationship it's the only way it has a chance to survive it.
Our human nature is exactly the same as it was 500 years ago, let alone five years ago.
I wouldn't say we were doing that. I think we probably stopped thinking. Though it took a while to stop thinking.
I don't think you could function on set if you think like that. I think once you start to think of the impact, then you're not really coming from a truthful place. I think the best thing to do for me is what's worked in the past.
I look back the old old ones [X-Files series], from the beginning, and I'm kind of mortified by my acting! But I'm kind of impressed by my enthusiasm. I'm just thankful that I got to become better at what I did, and that we didn't get cancelled in the first year.
In the general sense, there's a journey to be had. You either start at the top or the bottom for a journey to happen. Our movie has to start at the top and work it's way down. Or start at the bottom and work it's way up.
If young actors ask me things, I always tell them to get on set and watch how it's done. If you can, watch the people that you like, how they work.
We all know people for that length of time and people change. They mature. There is a certain expectation that a fictional character does not change. But you can't go back and play him the same way.
Action is pretty boring to do as an actor. Action and sex scenes are silly because it's all faking.
I don't discount belief. I just discount most of the things that people believe in.
I'm actually thinking about getting back to being a bath tub. I don't think anyone's ever quite segued into that.
A bath tub, apparently, was the first thing I wanted to be.
I really enjoy taking an outdoor shower.
If 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.