I’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 Duchovny
I won’t look online. The whole fan thing makes me self-conscious, which is not to say I don’t appreciate it or understand it. If Mickey Mantle were around, I’m sure I’d have a ton of questions to ask him that might make him uncomfortable. I get it. That doesn’t mean it’s not really awkward. – David Duchovny
I enjoy trying to figure out the best way to compliment the picture and not overpower it. – David Duchovny
It’s not someone else’s responsibility to honor my marriage. It’s my responsibility. – David Duchovny
In this age of media and Internet access, we are much more talkative than ever before. – David Duchovny
Most journalists expect me to answer all their questions about aliens and spaceships. – David Duchovny
My whole life, I’ve wanted things before I was ready. I was always pushing for the next job, the next success. I was so focused on achieving and the path that I was missing some great point about life. – David Duchovny
98% of the people in the world are harmless and wish you well, but it only takes one person who doesn’t. That’s what you’re constantly on guard against. – David Duchovny
One of the scary things is that, when you’re a kid, you look at your dad as the man who has no fear. When you’re an adult, you realize your father had fear, and that you have it, too. – David Duchovny
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
Just 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 Duchovny
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
When I grew up, I was in Manhattan the whole time. But my kids have been all over the world. – David Duchovny
I do not think that Mulder trusts any one other than Scully. He s very solitary. She is the only one who takes him seriously. I don t know if they re in love. In a way, their relationship is deeper than that, because they cannot live without each other. – David Duchovny
Approaching a part or thinking about taking a part, I never think, ‘Is that person like me?’ – David Duchovny
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
I don’t need my phone to play me music. I need it to be a phone and an e-mail thing. – David Duchovny
My entire life has been an attempt to get back to the kind of feelings you have on a field. The sense of brotherhood, the esprit de corps, the focus – there being no past or future, just the ball. As trite as it sounds, I was happiest playing ball. – David Duchovny
You’re raising a kid and you give it food and shelter and, most importantly, you give it the feeling that it’s special. I think people react to celebrities like that – I mean, they treat celebrities like children. – David Duchovny
There are certain things I learned when I first started learning about acting, to try and place the character physically and emotionally. And the way you place them emotionally is often with humor. – David Duchovny
