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

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

— David Duchovny

Experience

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

— David Duchovny

Nature

“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.'”

— David Duchovny

Good

“People think celebrities don't have to worry about human things like sickness and death and rent. It's like you've traveled to this Land of Celebrity, this other country.”

— David Duchovny

Death

“I don't make decisions based on money.”

— David Duchovny

Money

“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.”

— David Duchovny

Trust

“People always love and respect characters who speak the truth, even if the truth hurts.”

— David Duchovny

Respect

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

— David Duchovny

Patience

“I drive an electric car.”

— David Duchovny

Car

“I enjoy comedy and I hope that people enjoy watching me do it.”

— David Duchovny

Hope

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

— David Duchovny

Poetry

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

— David Duchovny

Fear

“People think celebrities don't have to worry about human things like sickness and death and rent. It's like you've traveled to this Land of Celebrity, this other country. They want you to tell about what you saw.”

— David Duchovny

Death

“There are certain things I learned when I first started learning about acting, to try and place the character physically and emotionally. And the way you place them emotionally is often with humor.”

— David Duchovny

Humor

“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 think the real heroic teachers are the ones who work with kids, like my mom and my sister do.”

— David Duchovny

Mom

“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.”

— David Duchovny

Nature

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

— David Duchovny

Learning

“Fame does lead to money, which I don't have a close relationship with. I'm the kind of guy who never sees the money - it all goes somewhere else. I don't understand it, I don't like to deal with it. I have a fear of not having it, because I grew up without it.”

— David Duchovny

Fear