David Duchovny Quotes
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Chemistry is really about two people who like to act together, I think. It's like tennis in the most cliched way. It's like if you hit the ball, they hit the ball back, and they don't hit it into the stands, and they don't put the ball in their pocket and walk off - and they don't argue with the umpire, you know?
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Generally, I don't like to walk out of a movie. It's like a relationship - you want to see it to the end; otherwise, you won't know if you left early or not.
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I really enjoy taking an outdoor shower.
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Sometimes the better the writing, the harder it is to play because you really want to service it. It's hard to be that quick and articulate in life. You've got to try to make it seem discovered, you know, not rehearsed.
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It's not someone else's responsibility to honor my marriage. It's my responsibility.
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I don't think I'd ever be cruel to an animal.
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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.
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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.
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I'll instinctively know that I identify with a character.
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Approaching a part or thinking about taking a part, I never think, 'Is that person like me?'
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I think patience is a skill and I wish I had it.
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Humility is considered an un-masculine quality.
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A lot of times passion projects or films are difficult to make because they don't have proven directors attached to them.
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I like my computer. But I don't know how to use it as well as the 10-year-old daughter.
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Actually, I have an interest in finishing my Ph.D., but I just know I never will.
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I enjoy trying to figure out the best way to compliment the picture and not overpower it.
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I'm kind of stupid when it comes to gadgets.
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Games, by nature, have more plot options and non-linear qualities than TV and film.
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In this age of media and Internet access, we are much more talkative than ever before.
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I'm half Jewish, half Scottish. It's hard for me to buy anything.
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I envisioned that as my life: staying in academia to make a living and then taking summers off to write my novels.
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I love dogs. They live in the moment and don't care about anything except affection and food. They're loyal and happy. Humans are just too damn complicated.
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In terms of likeability, that's something that I don't think about as an actor when I approach a role.
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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.