David Duchovny Quotes about Character

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

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

Hurt, Character, People

I love Doctor Who and I remember the first one, which was wonderful in its low-tech quality. I also loved the theme song, which sounded like The Cure to me. Which character would I like to play in Doctor Who? Who's the bad guy? The Dalek? OK, I'll play him.

David Duchovny

Song, Character, Doctors

I'm not a comic book character. I'm not Indiana Jones or Bond, I'm a flesh and blood guy who is ageing and changing. I don't have to do what I did in '93. I couldn't do it and thank God.

David Duchovny

Book, Character, Blood

"The X-Files: I Want To Believe - David Duchovny interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

There is never a personal-life connection between my characters and myself. I'm a professional and I can access what I need to access, so there's no bleed-over. I didn't need to believe in aliens to play Mulder. As for my personal life, everything is fantastic right now.

David Duchovny

Believe, Character, Play

As we age, there are different things that become important to us and that means that different aspects of our character come to the forefront; certain aspects recede. And that's fun. It would be shitty to have to imitate myself.

David Duchovny

Fun, Character, Mean

"The X-Files: I Want To Believe - David Duchovny interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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.

David Duchovny

Character, Differences, Two

"David Duchovny Talks GOATS, CALIFORNICATION, Working in TV Versus Film and Possible Future THE X-FILES Movies". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 11, 2012.

People are really much more respectful than they're made out to be and much more discerning about the fact that I'm not the character I play.

David Duchovny

Character, Play, People

"The X-Files: I Want To Believe - David Duchovny interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

Those characters are forever searchingeven if we're not watching them, they're out there, in some dimension. Mulder and Scully are still doing their thing, because that's their nature.

David Duchovny

Character, Forever, Dimensions

I'll instinctively know that I identify with a character.

David Duchovny

Character, Knows

"David Duchovny Talks GOATS, CALIFORNICATION, Working in TV Versus Film and Possible Future THE X-FILES Movies". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 11, 2012.

Maybe with "Californication" the character was partly based on Rick Moody. I read him and Jay McInerney, the templates for this bad boy novelist.

David Duchovny

Character, Boys, Novelists

Source: www.bostonglobe.com

We all know people for that length of time and people change. They mature. There is a certain expectation that a fictional character does not change. But you can't go back and play him the same way.

David Duchovny

Character, Play, People

"David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson talk The X-Files revival". Interview with John Nugent, www.empireonline.com. January 13, 2016.