David Duchovny

David Duchovny

36 quotes

Actor and wordsmith — David Duchovny (b. 1960) is an American voice whose observations cut across disciplines. The range of their thinking — from Money to Fear — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. Our collection holds 43 quotes from David Duchovny, each offering a different angle on Money, Fear, Food, Women, and Truth. Here is a taste of their wisdom: "Games, by nature, have more plot options and non-linear qualities than TV and film."

“I think Polanski's an amazing director.”

— David Duchovny

Amazing

All Quotes by David Duchovny

“Games, by nature, have more plot options and non-linear qualities than TV and film.”

— David Duchovny

Nature

“I've run into certain geniuses of individualism - they are very few and far between - who live their lives completely on their own terms they are very powerful and have a great amount of happiness. We all should aspire to that.”

— David Duchovny

Happiness

“I do not think that Mulder trusts any one other than Scully. He s very solitary. She is the only one who takes him seriously. I don t know if they re in love. In a way, their relationship is deeper than that, because they cannot live without each other.”

— David Duchovny

Relationship

“At one time there were voiceover artists, now there are celebrity voiceover artists. It's unfortunate because these people need the money less than the voiceover artist.”

— David Duchovny

Money

“Every day I try to do breathing exercises, meditation, and yoga. These things sound awfully cliche, but they help me slow down and try to point to a truth.”

— David Duchovny

Truth

“I drive an electric car.”

— David Duchovny

Car

“You're raising a kid and you give it food and shelter and, most importantly, you give it the feeling that it's special. I think people react to celebrities like that - I mean, they treat celebrities like children.”

— David Duchovny

Food

“I think patience is a skill and I wish I had it.”

— David Duchovny

Patience

“I may be learning guitar, but I'll never be able to sing.”

— David Duchovny

Learning

“I think Polanski's an amazing director.”

— David Duchovny

Amazing

“Well, I still write poetry, but I wouldn't call myself a poet.”

— David Duchovny

Poetry

“There's nothing wrong with acknowledging the panoply of life's rich experience.”

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Experience

“Women's fashion is a subtle form of bondage. It's men's way of binding them. We put them in these tight, high-heeled shoes, we make them wear these tight clothes and we say they look sexy. But they're actually tied up.”

— David Duchovny

Men

“I don't need my phone to play me music. I need it to be a phone and an e-mail thing.”

— David Duchovny

Music

“I just spend my money on the essentials. Just basically food and shelter.”

— David Duchovny

Food

“One of the scary things is that, when you're a kid, you look at your dad as the man who has no fear. When you're an adult, you realize your father had fear, and that you have it, too.”

— David Duchovny

Dad

“My entire life has been an attempt to get back to the kind of feelings you have on a field. The sense of brotherhood, the esprit de corps, the focus - there being no past or future, just the ball. As trite as it sounds, I was happiest playing ball.”

— David Duchovny

Future

“I had a fear that I'd be typecast, but I don't really have that fear anymore.”

— David Duchovny

Fear

“I'm turning into a stricter dad.”

— David Duchovny

Dad

“It's not someone else's responsibility to honor my marriage. It's my responsibility.”

— David Duchovny

Marriage