286 Quotes by David Duchovny

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

It seems unlikely that we're alone in the universe. But I'm pretty sure nobody's hiding any contact.

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.

One of the great things about doing series television is the guest actors that you can have come on and play around with.

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.'

I always dreamt of being a basketball player. A dream that only I believed in.

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.

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.

My entire life has been an attempt to get back to the kind of feelings you have on a field. The sense of brotherhood, the esprit de corps, the focus - there being no past or future, just the ball. As trite as it sounds, I was happiest playing ball.