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David Duchovny quotes: In high school and college, I was an athlete.

In high school and college, I was an athlete.

David Duchovny quotes: It's hard to leave anywhere. Even if the place sucked. It's hard to leave anywhere at all.

It's hard to leave anywhere. Even if the place sucked. It's hard to leave anywhere at all.

David Duchovny quotes: 'Alien' is a great movie. So is 'Close Encounters.' But I'm not the guy who goes out to the science-fiction festival. '2001's good.

'Alien' is a great movie. So is 'Close Encounters.' But I'm not the guy who goes out to the science-fiction festival. '2001's good.

David Duchovny quotes: Well, I still write poetry, but I wouldn't call myself a poet.

Well, I still write poetry, but I wouldn't call myself a poet.

David Duchovny quotes: 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'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.

David Duchovny quotes: I feel like I came to acting late in a way.

I feel like I came to acting late in a way.

David Duchovny quotes: It seems unlikely that we're alone in the universe. But I'm pretty sure nobody's hiding any contact.

It seems unlikely that we're alone in the universe. But I'm pretty sure nobody's hiding any contact.

David Duchovny quotes: I don't make decisions based on money.

I don't make decisions based on money.

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

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

David Duchovny quotes: Sex is great until you die, but it's never as great as it was when you were a kid, when it was a mystery.

Sex is great until you die, but it's never as great as it was when you were a kid, when it was a mystery.

David Duchovny quotes: Dogs are the broccaflower of the animal kingdom.

Dogs are the broccaflower of the animal kingdom.

David Duchovny quotes: I drive an electric car.

I drive an electric car.

David Duchovny quotes: I love animals and I love working with them because they don't lie.

I love animals and I love working with them because they don't lie.

David Duchovny quotes: There's nothing wrong with acknowledging the panoply of life's rich experience.

There's nothing wrong with acknowledging the panoply of life's rich experience.

David Duchovny quotes: I had to work in one of the most beautiful ski resorts in the world for almost three weeks. Pity me.

I had to work in one of the most beautiful ski resorts in the world for almost three weeks. Pity me.

David Duchovny quotes: There are moments when you get out of your own head and you exist in the moment, and that can be good acting.

There are moments when you get out of your own head and you exist in the moment, and that can be good acting.

David Duchovny quotes: If I were gay, you know. I think Woody Allen is one of a long list of men I might go gay for

If I were gay, you know. I think Woody Allen is one of a long list of men I might go gay for

David Duchovny quotes: In the U.S., oddly, we have images of men as arrogant and aggressive.

In the U.S., oddly, we have images of men as arrogant and aggressive.

David Duchovny quotes: I don't mind close-ups, I like them, but they're kind of forceful - you see a lot, you get a lot of information in a close-up. There's less mystery.

I don't mind close-ups, I like them, but they're kind of forceful - you see a lot, you get a lot of information in a close-up. There's less mystery.

David Duchovny quotes: A dream is the mind's way of answering a question it hasn't yet figured out how to ask.

A dream is the mind's way of answering a question it hasn't yet figured out how to ask.

David Duchovny quotes: I'm not going to give up. I can't give up. Not as long as the truth is out there.

I'm not going to give up. I can't give up. Not as long as the truth is out there.

David Duchovny quotes: I still feel like I haven't grown up.

I still feel like I haven't grown up.

David Duchovny quotes: Humility is considered an un-masculine quality.

Humility is considered an un-masculine quality.

David Duchovny quotes: I think Polanski's an amazing director.

I think Polanski's an amazing director.

David Duchovny quotes: You can go through life and actually speak your mind and do it in an articulate fashion and with a really intelligent point of view.

You can go through life and actually speak your mind and do it in an articulate fashion and with a really intelligent point of view.

David Duchovny quotes: I'm very proud of my Scottish blood.

I'm very proud of my Scottish blood.

David Duchovny quotes: I poop in the backyard ... I wear disposable diapers.

I poop in the backyard ... I wear disposable diapers.

David Duchovny quotes: Games, by nature, have more plot options and non-linear qualities than TV and film.

Games, by nature, have more plot options and non-linear qualities than TV and film.

David Duchovny quotes: If my work was good enough, I would never have to do publicity.

If my work was good enough, I would never have to do publicity.

David Duchovny quotes: Most journalists expect me to answer all their questions about aliens and spaceships.

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

David Duchovny quotes: I don't need my phone to play me music. I need it to be a phone and an e-mail thing.

I don't need my phone to play me music. I need it to be a phone and an e-mail thing.

David Duchovny quotes: I've made so many mistakes. But it is my feeling that you learn from failures, so I welcome them as often as I can.

I've made so many mistakes. But it is my feeling that you learn from failures, so I welcome them as often as I can.

David Duchovny quotes: I wouldn't say we were doing that. I think we probably stopped thinking. Though it took a while to stop thinking.

I wouldn't say we were doing that. I think we probably stopped thinking. Though it took a while to stop thinking.

David Duchovny quotes: A lot of times passion projects or films are difficult to make because they don't have proven directors attached to them.

A lot of times passion projects or films are difficult to make because they don't have proven directors attached to them.

David Duchovny quotes: Actually, I have an interest in finishing my Ph.D., but I just know I never will.

Actually, I have an interest in finishing my Ph.D., but I just know I never will.

David Duchovny quotes: It's always like you write a poem when you can't really say what you're trying to say.

It's always like you write a poem when you can't really say what you're trying to say.

David Duchovny quotes: I just spend my money on the essentials. Just basically food and shelter.

I just spend my money on the essentials. Just basically food and shelter.

David Duchovny quotes: I'm not really a gamer.

I'm not really a gamer.

David Duchovny quotes: I never thought about the actors on television or film, like what kind of life they had.

I never thought about the actors on television or film, like what kind of life they had.

David Duchovny quotes: I don't think of myself as a TV actor. I think of myself as a film, television and Off-Off-Off-Off Broadway actor.

I 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 Duchovny quotes: I think there are ways in which shows can pop their heads up a little bit in the morass of everything you can watch.

I think there are ways in which shows can pop their heads up a little bit in the morass of everything you can watch.

David Duchovny quotes: I don't discount belief. I just discount most of the things that people believe in.

I don't discount belief. I just discount most of the things that people believe in.

David Duchovny quotes: I'm half Jewish, half Scottish. It's hard for me to buy anything.

I'm half Jewish, half Scottish. It's hard for me to buy anything.

David Duchovny quotes: I had a fear that I'd be typecast, but I don't really have that fear anymore.

I had a fear that I'd be typecast, but I don't really have that fear anymore.

David Duchovny quotes: You can't control your mind. Why would you want to?

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

David Duchovny quotes: Anxiety is part of creativity, the need to get something out, the need to be rid of something or to get in touch with something within.

Anxiety is part of creativity, the need to get something out, the need to be rid of something or to get in touch with something within.

David Duchovny quotes: I like my computer. But I don't know how to use it as well as the 10-year-old daughter.

I like my computer. But I don't know how to use it as well as the 10-year-old daughter.

David Duchovny quotes: Action is pretty boring to do as an actor. Action and sex scenes are silly because it's all faking.

Action is pretty boring to do as an actor. Action and sex scenes are silly because it's all faking.

David Duchovny quotes: I never, ever, ever cook. And I would never eat anything I might cook.

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

David Duchovny quotes: If Fox Mulder discovered that Larry Sanders was a clone? I think he would stab him ... but it wouldn't be with an ice pick.

If Fox Mulder discovered that Larry Sanders was a clone? I think he would stab him ... but it wouldn't be with an ice pick.

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

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

David Duchovny quotes: I don't want to know what happens in any movie that I go to see.

I don't want to know what happens in any movie that I go to see.

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

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

David Duchovny quotes: Approaching a part or thinking about taking a part, I never think, 'Is that person like me?'

Approaching a part or thinking about taking a part, I never think, 'Is that person like me?'

David Duchovny quotes: I'm actually thinking about getting back to being a bath tub. I don't think anyone's ever quite segued into that.

I'm actually thinking about getting back to being a bath tub. I don't think anyone's ever quite segued into that.

David Duchovny quotes: I don't think I'd ever be cruel to an animal.

I don't think I'd ever be cruel to an animal.

David Duchovny quotes: I'm always trying to perfect the romantic comedy, though.

I'm always trying to perfect the romantic comedy, though.

David Duchovny quotes: There's two things I gotta do. One is, I gotta update my resume. And then, I have to call my mother.

There's two things I gotta do. One is, I gotta update my resume. And then, I have to call my mother.

David Duchovny quotes: Feelings come and go, unless you don't feel them. Then they stay, and hurt, and grow pear-shaped and weird.

Feelings come and go, unless you don't feel them. Then they stay, and hurt, and grow pear-shaped and weird.

David Duchovny quotes: You do hear some strange rumours floating around. One I've heard is that I'm allergic to metal.

You do hear some strange rumours floating around. One I've heard is that I'm allergic to metal.

David Duchovny quotes: I 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.

I 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 Duchovny quotes: I love the Lower East Side.

I love the Lower East Side.

David Duchovny quotes: I always dreamt of being a basketball player. A dream that only I believed in.

I always dreamt of being a basketball player. A dream that only I believed in.

David Duchovny quotes: In this age of media and Internet access, we are much more talkative than ever before.

In this age of media and Internet access, we are much more talkative than ever before.

David Duchovny quotes: I'm kind of stupid when it comes to gadgets.

I'm kind of stupid when it comes to gadgets.

David Duchovny quotes: I lost my virginity when I was 14. And I haven't been able to find it.

I lost my virginity when I was 14. And I haven't been able to find it.

David Duchovny quotes: I think the real heroic teachers are the ones who work with kids, like my mom and my sister do.

I think the real heroic teachers are the ones who work with kids, like my mom and my sister do.

David Duchovny quotes: One of the great things about doing series television is the guest actors that you can have come on and play around with.

One of the great things about doing series television is the guest actors that you can have come on and play around with.

David Duchovny quotes: When I started getting notoriety it was cheesy to appear in a commercial.

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

David Duchovny quotes: If you have Darwin, Christ and Nietzsche, they're all going to talk at once. You need somebody who listens.

If you have Darwin, Christ and Nietzsche, they're all going to talk at once. You need somebody who listens.

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

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

David Duchovny quotes: I don't believe in a conspiracy to hide the existence of extraterrestrial life.

I don't believe in a conspiracy to hide the existence of extraterrestrial life.

David Duchovny quotes: As names that can mean things, I prefer spiritual to a lot of other things.

As names that can mean things, I prefer spiritual to a lot of other things.

David Duchovny quotes: I think we all choose our style from the ether and whatever is out there.

I think we all choose our style from the ether and whatever is out there.

David Duchovny quotes: You become tyrannized by this notion that women must not only be treated equally, but they must never fail.

You become tyrannized by this notion that women must not only be treated equally, but they must never fail.

David Duchovny quotes: 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.

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 Duchovny quotes: I enjoy comedy and I hope that people enjoy watching me do it.

I enjoy comedy and I hope that people enjoy watching me do it.

David Duchovny quotes: Without whining and without making myself a tragic figure, there is no replacement for the loss of your privacy. It's a huge sacrifice.

Without whining and without making myself a tragic figure, there is no replacement for the loss of your privacy. It's a huge sacrifice.

David Duchovny quotes: I enjoy trying to figure out the best way to compliment the picture and not overpower it.

I enjoy trying to figure out the best way to compliment the picture and not overpower it.

David Duchovny quotes: Go to bed, Ted.""Okay.""Wake up angry.

Go to bed, Ted."

"Okay."

"Wake up angry.

David Duchovny quotes: Patrick Stewart was the first internet sex symbol without hair but pileggi always thought it was him.

Patrick Stewart was the first internet sex symbol without hair but pileggi always thought it was him.

David Duchovny quotes: Our human nature is exactly the same as it was 500 years ago, let alone five years ago.

Our human nature is exactly the same as it was 500 years ago, let alone five years ago.

David Duchovny quotes: I really enjoy taking an outdoor shower.

I really enjoy taking an outdoor shower.

David Duchovny quotes: I don't know how anybody gets better at anything aside from doing it.

I don't know how anybody gets better at anything aside from doing it.

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

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

David Duchovny quotes: I may be learning guitar, but I'll never be able to sing.

I may be learning guitar, but I'll never be able to sing.

David Duchovny quotes: I think patience is a skill and I wish I had it.

I think patience is a skill and I wish I had it.

David Duchovny quotes: I don't like watching people work if they're making art.

I don't like watching people work if they're making art.

David Duchovny quotes: A bath tub, apparently, was the first thing I wanted to be.

A bath tub, apparently, was the first thing I wanted to be.

David Duchovny quotes: Everybody gets the tattoo they deserve.

Everybody gets the tattoo they deserve.

David Duchovny quotes: One of the nice things about acting is that it allows you to open up to the other people within you.

One of the nice things about acting is that it allows you to open up to the other people within you.

David Duchovny quotes: Usually, when I act, I try to forget the words and let them come, and just find my way through them.

Usually, when I act, I try to forget the words and let them come, and just find my way through them.

David Duchovny quotes: Ted's old single bed had weird dreams in it.

Ted's old single bed had weird dreams in it.

David Duchovny quotes: I'll instinctively know that I identify with a character.

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

David Duchovny quotes: TV directors just aren't sexy for some reason, Although, you know, Rob and Kim [Manners] are very sexy in my eyes.

TV directors just aren't sexy for some reason, Although, you know, Rob and Kim [Manners] are very sexy in my eyes.

David Duchovny quotes: The happiest moment of my life was probably when my daughter was born.

The happiest moment of my life was probably when my daughter was born.

David Duchovny quotes: You, me, the animals in the wild, the animal at your feet, the animal on your plate, the person next to you - We are all one We are all

You, me, the animals in the wild, the animal at your feet, the animal on your plate, the person next to you - We are all one We are all holy cows Moo

David Duchovny quotes: I envisioned that as my life: staying in academia to make a living and then taking summers off to write my novels.

I envisioned that as my life: staying in academia to make a living and then taking summers off to write my novels.

David Duchovny quotes: I'm turning into a stricter dad.

I'm turning into a stricter dad.

David Duchovny quotes: What makes me mad is arrogance, pretension, putting on airs.

What makes me mad is arrogance, pretension, putting on airs.