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

David Duchovny

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David Duchovny
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 7
Actor
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Film Director
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Television Actor
Television Director
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New York City
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David William Duchovny
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Usually, when I act, I try to forget the words and let them come, and just find my way through them.
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I'm half Jewish, half Scottish. It's hard for me to buy anything.
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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. So that's interesting to me - to think about playing him into the future, anew.
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It's always like you write a poem when you can't really say what you're trying to say.
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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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I had a fear that I'd be typecast, but I don't really have that fear anymore.
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