Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" I think people are always trying to demystify whatever acting is, so they want to know what your method is. "

Related Quotes:

" I lost my virginity when I was 14. And I haven't been able to find it. "

" I love dogs. They live in the moment and don't care about anything except affection and food. They're loyal and happy. Humans are just too damn complicated. "

" I'm half Jewish, half Scottish. It's hard for me to buy anything. "

" I don't mind close-ups, I like them, but they're kind of forceful - you see a lot, you get a lot of information in a close-up. There's less mystery. "

" '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. "

" If you have Darwin, Christ and Nietzsche, they're all going to talk at once. You need somebody who listens. "

" It's hard to find scripts that know what they are from page one to page 115. "

" Most journalists expect me to answer all their questions about aliens and spaceships. "

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

" It's always a mystery when you're going into a role - 'Here's your wife of 40 years and... action!' How do you create ease or chemistry or whatever is supposed to exist? "

" 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.' "

" In high school and college, I was an athlete. "

" Without whining and without making myself a tragic figure, there is no replacement for the loss of your privacy. It's a huge sacrifice. "

" I won't look online. The whole fan thing makes me self-conscious, which is not to say I don't appreciate it or understand it. If Mickey Mantle were around, I'm sure I'd have a ton of questions to ask him that might make him uncomfortable. I get it. That doesn't mean it's not really awkward. "

" I understand the self-loathing and the resentment, and the discipline that it takes to sit down in front of a typewriter or computer every single day, whether it's going well or not going well. "

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

" I'm not really a gamer. "

" Just like every show has a tone, every show has different people on it playing different games. I don't say 'game' in a pejorative sense, I just mean, these are different stories that we tell ourselves when we go to work. "

" 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. "

" Sometimes the better the writing, the harder it is to play because you really want to service it. It's hard to be that quick and articulate in life. You've got to try to make it seem discovered, you know, not rehearsed. "

" I don't like watching people work if they're making art. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm very proud of my Scottish blood. "

" I don't make decisions based on money. "

" I really enjoy taking an outdoor shower. "

" I feel I have to work hard to nurture whatever talent I have as an actor. I feel like it's not natural to me. So I don't take it for granted... What I think is my natural ability - which is writing - I think I totally take that for granted. "

" The happiest moment of my life was probably when my daughter was born. "

" Actually, I have an interest in finishing my Ph.D., but I just know I never will. "

" I never thought about the actors on television or film, like what kind of life they had. "