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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
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David Duchovny
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 7
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David William Duchovny
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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.
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I think the real heroic teachers are the ones who work with kids, like my mom and my sister do.
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I look back the old old ones [X-Files series], from the beginning, and I'm kind of mortified by my acting! But I'm kind of impressed by my enthusiasm. I'm just thankful that I got to become better at what I did, and that we didn't get cancelled in the first year.
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I'm the one usually wearing the dress, which is what I would've preferred, but they wouldn't let me. It's been 15 years since I did that and my ass isn't as good as it used to be.
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I don't think I'd ever be cruel to an animal.
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One of the great things about doing series television is the guest actors that you can have come on and play around with.
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My whole life, Ive 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.
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People are really much more respectful than they're made out to be and much more discerning about the fact that I'm not the character I play.
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I may be learning guitar, but I'll never be able to sing.
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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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As I've gotten older I've become a devotee of 19th-century authors, such as Charles Dickens and George Eliot.
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A bath tub, apparently, was the first thing I wanted to be.
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There is never a personal-life connection between my characters and myself. I'm a professional and I can access what I need to access, so there's no bleed-over. I didn't need to believe in aliens to play Mulder. As for my personal life, everything is fantastic right now.
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