Explore Quotes by David Duchovny

I'm constantly amazed by the ability a child has to show sympathy, to read emotions, to get to the heart of any situation. It's unfiltered and completely inspiring.

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.

It's always a mystery when you're going into a role - 'Here's your wife of 40 years and... action!' How do you create ease or chemistry or whatever is supposed to exist?

What strikes me is that 'XIII' looks like a movie. The shot making is movie-like, which is kind of fun - the kind of playful action movie shot making is pretty, is pretty good. What's also great about this game is its style and interesting story-line.

I don't like the idea of being eaten by a shark. I like to swim in the ocean, and I think much more about sharks than anyone should. I really resent the fact that my oceangoing experiences are ruined by 'Jaws.'

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

In terms of likeability, that's something that I don't think about as an actor when I approach a role.

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

Sometimes the better the writing, the harder it is to play because you really want to service it.

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

I still feel like I haven't grown up.

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

I'm not really a gamer.

I love the Lower East Side.

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.

I feel like I came to acting late in a way. I was about 26 or 27, and it was imperative that I make a living right away, and it's hard to make a living on stage, so I started in television and film.

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.

'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.

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

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

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