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If young actors ask me things, I always tell them to get on set and watch how it's done. If you can, watch the people that you like, how they work.

David Duchovny

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David Duchovny
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 7
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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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Our human nature is exactly the same as it was 500 years ago, let alone five years ago.
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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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