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.
David Duchovny

Creativity, Touch, Anxiety

I've turned down jobs because I've said, 'Honestly, I can't find my way in. I can't do it. I love you, as a director. I think the script is good. You deserve better than I think I can do.'
David Duchovny

Love, Good, Down

The key is to get to know people and trust them to be who they are. Instead, we trust people to be who we want them to be - and when they're not, we cry.
David Duchovny

Trust, Cry, Key

Women's fashion is a subtle form of bondage. It's men's way of binding them. We put them in these tight, high-heeled shoes, we make them wear these tight clothes and we say they look sexy. But they're actually tied up.
David Duchovny

Women, Men, Sexy

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

Basketball, Dream, Player

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

Mad, Makes, Arrogance

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

Lost, Find, Able

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.
David Duchovny

Love, Food, Happy

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.
David Duchovny

Work, Writing, Hard

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.
David Duchovny

Live, Envy, Tell

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

Life, Existence, Hide

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

Work, Good, Enough

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

Age, Before, Media

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

Life, Moment, Born

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

Sacrifice, Making, Loss

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

Passion, Difficult, Times

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

Actually, Interest, Finishing

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

Person, Thinking, Taking

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

Nature, Film, Games

Humility is considered an un-masculine quality.
David Duchovny

Humility, Quality, Considered

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

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

Work, Art, Making

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

Money, Decisions, Based

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

Mind, Less, Mystery

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

Music, Play, Phone

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: August 7, 1960

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