David Duchovny

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

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

“I'm kind of stupid when it comes to gadgets.”

“I'm trying to protect what I advertise. That's my stance on any kind of self-expression.”

“'Duch' means spirit and 'ovny' is kind of the adjectival ending, so the word itself means spiritual. It's my father's name, obviously. He took the 'H' out because he was tired of people saying Duchovny, but he never did it legally. When my parents divorced, my mother, to my father, put the 'H' back in.”

“Part of being an actor is letting things come about organically as opposed to forcing them.”

“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 focused on achieving and the path that I was missing some great point about life.”

“I love animals and I love working with them because they don't lie.”

“Sex is great until you die, but it's never as great as it was when you were a kid, when it was a mystery.”

“I'm not really a gamer.”