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" I'll instinctively know that I identify with a character. "
David Duchovny
Character
Instinctively
Know
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" Sex is great until you die, but it's never as great as it was when you were a kid, when it was a mystery. "
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" I think there are ways in which shows can pop their heads up a little bit in the morass of everything you can watch. "
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" Anxiety is part of creativity, the need to get something out, the need to be rid of something or to get in touch with something within. "
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" Approaching a part or thinking about taking a part, I never think, 'Is that person like me?' "
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" 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. "
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" Willie Mays was the best ever. When I was in college I once made a catch like the one Mays made over his head. Sometimes when I'm lying in bed at night I think about it. It still makes me warm. "
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" When I grew up, I was in Manhattan the whole time. But my kids have been all over the world. "
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" I never thought about the actors on television or film, like what kind of life they had. "
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" I lost my virginity when I was 14. And I haven't been able to find it. "
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" I don't think I'd ever be cruel to an animal. "
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" Maybe the best things about celebrity are the things like being able to get that seat on the plane that you wouldn't normally get, but that's kind of like cheating. "
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" 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.' "
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" In high school and college, I was an athlete. "
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" I just spend my money on the essentials. Just basically food and shelter. "
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Spend
Money
" Games, by nature, have more plot options and non-linear qualities than TV and film. "
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Plot
Nature
" Humility is considered an un-masculine quality. "
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" In this age of media and Internet access, we are much more talkative than ever before. "
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" The worst thing a man can admit is 'I'm not 100 percent fulfilled by my family.' But it doesn't mean he doesn't love his family. I love my family, but I still want to work; I still want challenges. It took me a while to fall in love with the responsibility of family life, and it was a deep thing when I did. "
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Family
Life
" My whole life, I've wanted things before I was ready. I was always pushing for the next job, the next success. I was so focused on achieving and the path that I was missing some great point about life. "
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Life
" I don't like the idea of being eaten by a shark. I like to swim in the ocean, and I think much more about sharks than anyone should. I really resent the fact that my oceangoing experiences are ruined by 'Jaws.' "
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" 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. "
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" For hundreds of years, that was the major form of entertainment: The grown-ups sat around and watched the kids play. Now they sit around and watch the television. The actors are the kids. "
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