“Whenever somebody says they need an angle for their story I always fear that they've got an idea and they want me to fit into it or they want me to come up with an idea myself or I'm supposed to be more revealing than I've been, and to me it just sounds like something I don't want to do.”
Fear
“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.”
RelationshipAll Quotes by David Duchovny
“There's nothing wrong with acknowledging the panoply of life's rich experience.”
Experience“I don't make decisions based on money.”
Money“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.”
Dad“In this age of media and Internet access, we are much more talkative than ever before.”
Age“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.”
Money“People always love and respect characters who speak the truth, even if the truth hurts.”
Respect“I've turned down jobs because I've said, 'Honestly, I can't find my way in. I can't do it. I love you, as a director. I think the script is good. You deserve better than I think I can do.'”
Good“I think the real heroic teachers are the ones who work with kids, like my mom and my sister do.”
Mom“I think patience is a skill and I wish I had it.”
Patience“Games, by nature, have more plot options and non-linear qualities than TV and film.”
Nature“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.”
Men“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.”
Future“I'm turning into a stricter dad.”
Dad“I don't need my phone to play me music. I need it to be a phone and an e-mail thing.”
Music“I mean, you always want everybody to pat you on the back and tell you you're wonderful every time you do something I think that's human nature.”
Nature“Well, I still write poetry, but I wouldn't call myself a poet.”
Poetry“You become tyrannized by this notion that women must not only be treated equally, but they must never fail.”
Women“I just spend my money on the essentials. Just basically food and shelter.”
Food“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.”
Happiness