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
Actually, I have an interest in finishing my Ph.D., but I just know I never will.
I feel I have to work hard to nurture whatever talent I have as an actor. I feel like it's not natural to me. So I don't take it for granted... What I think is my natural ability - which is writing - I think I totally take that for granted.
On the one hand, people think they own kids; they feel that they have the right to tell the kids what to do. On the other hand, people envy kids. We'd like to be kids our whole lives. Kids get to do what they do. They live on their instincts.
I think patience is a skill and I wish I had it.
I don't like watching people work if they're making art.
I enjoy comedy and I hope that people enjoy watching me do it.
I don't know how anybody gets better at anything aside from doing it.
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.
Games, by nature, have more plot options and non-linear qualities than TV and film.
People think celebrities don't have to worry about human things like sickness and death and rent. It's like you've traveled to this Land of Celebrity, this other country. They want you to tell about what you saw.
Approaching a part or thinking about taking a part, I never think, 'Is that person like me?'
Usually, when I act, I try to forget the words and let them come, and just find my way through them.
People always love and respect characters who speak the truth, even if the truth hurts.
I always dreamt of being a basketball player. A dream that only I believed in.