Our country was founded on a distrust of government. Our founding fathers gave power to the people to keep an eye on… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
Just like every show has a tone, every show has different people on it playing different games. I don't say 'game' in… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
One of the nice things about acting is that it allows you to open up to the other people within you. — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
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… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
I don't discount belief. I just discount most of the things that people believe in. — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
I really like gratuitous nudity. I hate when people go, 'I'll only do it if it makes sense for the movie'. It… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
There are people who are really great musicians. I've met a lot of them. And I'm not a great musician. I'm adequate… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
Chemistry is really about two people who like to act together, I think. It's like tennis in the most cliched way. It's… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
Every time Mulder smiles, people say, 'God, it was great to see you smile. Mulder never smiles.' I say, 'Mulder smiles a… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
We all know people for that length of time and people change. They mature. There is a certain expectation that a fictional… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
You're raising a kid and you give it food and shelter and, most importantly, you give it the feeling that it's special.… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
The real truth about a lot of life's mysteries can be explained by science but people don't want to get in bed… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
I think people are always trying to demystify whatever acting is, so they want to know what your method is. — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
98% of the people in the world are harmless and wish you well, but it only takes one person who doesn't. That's… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
'Duch' means spirit and 'ovny' is kind of the adjectival ending, so the word itself means spiritual. It's my father's name, obviously.… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
It's almost obscene when you see people who haven't matured, who haven't changed, who don't have the weight of years on them.… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
Obviously people's feelings are going to get hurt when you use certain words, but you can't outlaw words. They're really the history… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
At one time there were voiceover artists, now there are celebrity voiceover artists. It's unfortunate because these people need the money less… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
TV was the boogey man when I was growing up. Video games are the boogey man now. The novel was once a… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
If young actors ask me things, I always tell them to get on set and watch how it's done. If you can,… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
What I liked about Mulder was his quality of not caring what other people thought of him. He was very independent. He… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
I think people still have a need for miracles. Science keeps telling them there's no life on Mars, there's no God, nothing's… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
People always love and respect characters who speak the truth, even if the truth hurts. — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
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… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
I would say recently I've gotten back to perusing [Samuel] Beckett's novels. Listening to the way Donald Trump speaks without saying anything has made… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
I got married a bit late, I agree. In any other period of history I'd have been dead at that age and they'd have… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
Our country was founded on a distrust of government. Our founding fathers gave power to the people to keep an eye on government. So… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
It's not someone else's responsibility to honor my marriage. It's my responsibility. — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
Fame does lead to money, which I don't have a close relationship with. I'm the kind of guy who never sees the money -… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
I like my computer. But I don't know how to use it as well as the 10-year-old daughter. — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
Maybe the best things about celebrity are the things like being able to get that seat on the plane that you wouldn't normally get,… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
“Of course I’m biased, what else could I be? Bias makes the world go round, sometimes a little too fast.” — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
'The X-Files,' as I recall, we didn't know really what we were until the middle of the first year. You know, so if we'd… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
I always dreamt of being a basketball player. A dream that only I believed in. — David Duchovny Copy Share Image