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 More Quotes by David Duchovny More Quotes From David Duchovny I don't see any difference in the craft of acting, in film or television. It's absolutely the same. It's different storytelling, playing a character over multiple hours, as opposed to two. David Duchovny differences character two It seems unlikely that we're alone in the universe. But I'm pretty sure nobody's hiding any contact. David Duchovny unlikely hiding contact You're kinda striding the line of what's yours and theirs. What's yours, what's mine, what's ours as creators of it and what's yours as owners. David Duchovny creator owners lines Usually, when I act, I try to forget the words and let them come, and just find my way through them. David Duchovny forget trying way People are really much more respectful than they're made out to be and much more discerning about the fact that I'm not the character I play. David Duchovny play character people I think people still have a need for miracles. Science keeps telling them there's no life on Mars, there's no God, nothing's trailing Hale-Bopp, those people are just dead in their Nikes. But they want to believe in something. David Duchovny nike believe thinking Those characters are forever searchingeven if we're not watching them, they're out there, in some dimension. Mulder and Scully are still doing their thing, because that's their nature. David Duchovny dimensions forever character There are people who are really great musicians. I've met a lot of them. And I'm not a great musician. I'm adequate enough to be able to throw some chords together and write songs, but I can only feel that because I'm expressing something honestly, or in a heartfelt way, or in some way that's not bullshit, that in some way the songs have merit. David Duchovny writing song people I'm a big Philip Roth fan. I think "American Pastoral" is the great American novel of the past 30 to 40 years. It's a novel about what happened in the 1960s, and I think America is still dealing with what happened then. It's devastatingly sad. David Duchovny past years thinking I had to work in one of the most beautiful ski resorts in the world for almost three weeks. Pity me. David Duchovny three beautiful world I mean, there's chemistry in life and there's acting chemistry. I'm not saying they're the same thing, but they're as mysterious. David Duchovny mysterious acting mean I really enjoy taking an outdoor shower. David Duchovny showers enjoy I don't want to know what happens in any movie that I go to see. David Duchovny movie actors want I wouldn't succeed at musical theater. David Duchovny succeed theater musical I'm always trying to perfect the romantic comedy, though. David Duchovny always-trying perfect trying I'm very proud of my Scottish blood. David Duchovny scottish proud blood In the U.S., oddly, we have images of men as arrogant and aggressive. David Duchovny arrogant aggressive men It's always like you write a poem when you can't really say what you're trying to say. David Duchovny like-you writing trying I enjoy trying to figure out the best way to compliment the picture and not overpower it. David Duchovny trying way compliment On the one hand, people think they own kids; they feel that they have the right to tell the kids what to do. On the other hand, people envy kids. We'd like to be kids our whole lives. Kids get to do what they do. They live on their instincts. David Duchovny kids hands thinking
