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David Duchovny, born on August 7, 1960, is an accomplished actor from the United States. He gained widespread recognition for his role as Fox Mulder in the television series 'The X-Files', which made him one of the most iconic television stars of the 1990s. Beyond his acting career, Duchovny has also ventured into writing, publishing two novels.

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“I don't want to know what happens in any movie that I go to see.”

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Author:David Duchovny

“If I were gay, you know. I think Woody Allen is one of a long list of men I might go gay for.”

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“TV directors just aren't sexy for some reason, Although, you know, Rob and Kim [Manners] are very sexy in my eyes.”

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“I don't know about the baby, but I will be interested to see, like anyone who's a fan of the show [how it's resolved]," he said, and then joked, "They'll have to resolve me while I'm not there, so I hope they don't say, 'Oh yeah, Mulder's gone, what an asshole. He had a baby with me, he kissed me and then he left.'”

Knows Said Shows Left Gone Fans Baby Yeah Resolve

Author:David Duchovny

“The only episode which was completely my idea was for Mitch Pileggi, the actor who portrays Skinner, the Assistant Director of the FBI. He appears often in the series, but only for a few scenes. You know virtually nothing about him. I wanted him to have an episode that was his alone, so I wrote Avatar for him. He even has a scene that's pretty . . . hot [knowing smile]. He was very happy.”

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“We all know people for that length of time and people change. They mature. There is a certain expectation that a fictional character does not change. But you can't go back and play him the same way.”

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Author:David Duchovny

“I don't know if [Samuel] Beckett is something you ever bring to the beach - get out of the water, towel off, and start reading some of "The Unnamable." Although, because it's the kind of book you can open to any page and start reading, it is beach reading in that way.”

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Author:David Duchovny

“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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“People… they don’t write anymore – they blog. Instead of talking, they text, no punctuation, no grammar: LOL this and LMFAO that. You know, it just seems to me it’s just a bunch of stupid people pseudo-communicating with a bunch of other stupid people in a proto-language that resembles more what cavemen used to speak than the King’s English.”

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“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.”

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“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.”

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

Knows Interest Finishing

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

Knows Know How Get Better

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“I'll instinctively know that I identify with a character.”

Knows Character

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“It's hard to find scripts that know what they are from page one to page 115.”

Knows Hard Pages Scripts

Author:David Duchovny

“Garry Shandling is someone I've publicly gone gay for, for jokes. Oh and anyone in the Twilight movies. I don't know any of their names, but all of them. The wolves, the vampires? They're all fantastic.”

Knows Names Gone Gay Jokes Vampire Fantastic Twilight Twilight Movie

Author:David Duchovny

About the Author

Born: August 7, 1960
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 163

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