David Duchovny Quotes

American - Actor Born: August 7, 1960

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

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

Life, Daughter, Moment, My Life, Born

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, Live, Moment, Happy, Care

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, Shoes, Men, Fashion, Sexy, Look

If you're smart, you'll always be humble. You can learn all you want, but there'll always be somebody who's never read a book who'll know twice what you know. David Duchovny

Humble, Book, Smart, You, Know, Learn

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, Information, Mystery, You, Kind

I'm not really a gamer. David Duchovny

People always love and respect characters who speak the truth, even if the truth hurts. David Duchovny

Love, Respect, Truth, People, Speak, Who

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, I Love You, Good, Think, Better

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

Patience, Think, Wish, Skill, I Wish

I really enjoy taking an outdoor shower. David Duchovny

Enjoy, Shower, Really, Outdoor, Taking

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

Lost, Find, Been, Able, Virginity

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

Stupid, Kind, Gadgets

I love the ocean, wide-open space and trees, but I'm not a gardener or anything like that. I think I may be, eventually. I was raised in the city, so I don't have that skill set, but my heart is more with the dirt than the concrete. It's an unrequited love with nature - a one-way love affair. David Duchovny

Love, Nature, Ocean, Heart, Space, City

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

Mistakes, Welcome, You, Feeling, Learn

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

Life, Future, Focus, Past, Brotherhood

People think celebrities don't have to worry about human things like sickness and death and rent. It's like you've traveled to this Land of Celebrity, this other country. David Duchovny

Death, People, Think, Sickness, Worry

I understand the self-loathing and the resentment, and the discipline that it takes to sit down in front of a typewriter or computer every single day, whether it's going well or not going well. David Duchovny

Day, Discipline, Understand, Down, Sit

'Duch' means spirit and 'ovny' is kind of the adjectival ending, so the word itself means spiritual. It's my father's name, obviously. He took the 'H' out because he was tired of people saying Duchovny, but he never did it legally. When my parents divorced, my mother, to my father, put the 'H' back in. David Duchovny

Mother, Father, Spiritual, Parents, Name

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

Age, Internet, Media, More, Before, Much

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

Me, Arrogance, Mad, Pretension, Makes

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

Mind, Control, You, Why, Want, Your

At one time there were voiceover artists, now there are celebrity voiceover artists. It's unfortunate because these people need the money less than the voiceover artist. David Duchovny

Time, Money, People, Artist, Need, Now

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

Me, Anything, Hard, Buy, Half, Scottish

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.' David Duchovny

Ocean, Think, Sharks, Shark, Swim, More

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, People, Know, Key, Want, Cry

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

Basketball, Dream, Always, Only, Being

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