David Duchovny Personal Quotes
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“I never, ever, ever cook. And I would never eat anything I might cook.”
“Im half Jewish, half Scottish. Its hard for me to buy anything.”
“Privacy is something I have come to respect. I think when I was younger I wanted to tell everybody everything, because I thought I was so damn interesting. Then I heard the snoring.”
“Ive always been overly concerned about what people think which has resulted in a lot of inner turmoil. I try not to give a damn but inside Im a huge ball of worry.”
“If youre smart, youll always be humble. You can learn all you want, but therell always be somebody whos never read a book wholl know twice what you know.”
“Im frightened by the possibilities of my own lack of talent.”
“I think Im nice enough to look at, but I think people make a big deal about my appearance. I think it was like hypnosis, like all of the sudden everybodys been trained: OK, now cluck like a chicken! OK, now say David Duchovnys handsome! I mean, I was a normal-looking kid, and whoever you are and whatever you look like, there are always things you want to change. I just remember that I wished I was blond. And I wished that my nose were smaller and my lips were smaller and my eyes were bigger you know, everything.”
[On his role as Agent Fox Mulder on “The X-Files”] “Its pretty workaday, people dont seem to realize: You get up, you take a shower, you read the paper, you play Mulder.” (from June 1998 “Entertainment Weekly” interview)
[About “The X-Files”] “I get tired of people asking if I believe in whats presented on the show. They dont ask the guys on E.R. if they believe in euthanasia.” (from Oct. 1997 “Chicago Tribune” interview)
“Fame does lead to money, which I dont have a close relationship with. Im the kind of guy who never sees the money — it all goes somewhere else. I dont understand it, I dont like to deal with it. I have a fear of not having it, because I grew up without it.”