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" Part of being an actor is letting things come about organically as opposed to forcing them. "
David Duchovny
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Being
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" 98% of the people in the world are harmless and wish you well, but it only takes one person who doesn't. That's what you're constantly on guard against. "
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" I'll instinctively know that I identify with a character. "
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" A lot of times passion projects or films are difficult to make because they don't have proven directors attached to them. "
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" Actually, I have an interest in finishing my Ph.D., but I just know I never will. "
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" I think of myself as more of a comic person. I don't know about a comic actor. "
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" 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. "
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" You become tyrannized by this notion that women must not only be treated equally, but they must never fail. "
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" The happiest moment of my life was probably when my daughter was born. "
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" I don't believe in a conspiracy to hide the existence of extraterrestrial life. "
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" I don't like watching people work if they're making art. "
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" Without whining and without making myself a tragic figure, there is no replacement for the loss of your privacy. It's a huge sacrifice. "
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" I'd love to direct more. "
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" Every day I try to do breathing exercises, meditation, and yoga. These things sound awfully cliche, but they help me slow down and try to point to a truth. "
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" I'm kind of stupid when it comes to gadgets. "
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" 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. "
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" In the U.S., oddly, we have images of men as arrogant and aggressive. "
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" My favorite parts of work as an actor and a director are those unplanned mistakes that do happen, because it's like catching lightning in a bottle. It's the best part of what we do. "
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" I'm very proud of my Scottish blood. "
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" 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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" I drive an electric car. "
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" I had a fear that I'd be typecast, but I don't really have that fear anymore. "
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" I think people are always trying to demystify whatever acting is, so they want to know what your method is. "
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" I'm turning into a stricter dad. "
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" If my work was good enough, I would never have to do publicity. "
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" I think Polanski's an amazing director. "
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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 wanted to write plays. I was at Yale graduate school at the time for English literature, not for acting... I liked the idea of collaboration, and I thought if I'm gonna write plays, I should learn something about speaking the lines that I might try to write. "
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" '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. "
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" Generally, I don't like to walk out of a movie. It's like a relationship - you want to see it to the end; otherwise, you won't know if you left early or not. "
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