Quotes by David Duchovny

“I love dogs. They live in the moment and dont care about anything except affection and food. Theyre loyal and happy. Humans are just too damn complicated.”

“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.”

“No sex between Mulder and Scully! Only deep friendship. People thinking theres more than that between us amuses me. With Gillian, weve created the illusion of romance.”

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

“Gillian and I have a brother/sister relationship. If you work with someone daily for twelve hours, that person, if she is smart and Gillian is smart shouldnt want to meet the other person after hours. Thats also true for the other way round.”

“One of the scary things is that, when youre a kid, you look at your dad as the man who has no fear. When youre an adult, you realize your father had fear, and that you have it, too.”

“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 dont think Id ever be cruel to an animal.”

“We really have to reconsider what it is that a public person gives up. Why does a public person give up all his or her rights to privacy?”

“I do not think that Mulder trusts any one other than Scully. He s very solitary. She is the only one who takes him seriously. I don t know if they re in love. In a way, their relationship is deeper than that, because they cannot live without each other.”

“I would never sing in public. Because Ive got a horrible voice. It just sounds bad. I mean, Tea claims to like to hear me sing, and I think its because I enjoy it so much. We sing in the car ... And she air-drums. This is why we have tinted windows. A lot of people think its because we dont want people to see us and follow us home, but its really because were making fools of ourselves.”

“On the one hand, people think they own kids; they feel that they have the right to tell the kids what to do. On the other hand, people envy kids. Wed like to be kids our whole lives. Kids get to do what they do. They live on their instincts.”

“I dont care why people love me, just as long as they love me. And I dont even care that they do so much. Is it better to have money or not to have money? Better to have love or not? Both money and love may be bad for the soul or bad for the art. Im on a show that a lot of people like to watch. Does that make me better off?”

“I feel I have to work hard to nurture whatever talent I have as an actor. I feel like its not natural to me. So I dont take it for granted ... What I think is my natural ability - which is writing - I think I totally take that for granted.”

“Ill join your squad if you don’t mind having a 37 year old who collects Barbies!”

“I asked for blue suits because I have light eyes. Ivan made me wear red.”

“Mulder is forced to tell Scully what she means to him. And that can lead to personal involvement. Theres definitely physical contact,”

“Its a show thats dealing in metaphysical terms,”

“I think its a really good song, ... I found myself playing it in my car now and then.”

“A CHEAP AND EVIL GIRL”