Misc. David quotes
So, tell me: What would David Duchovny never do?
"I don't think I'd ever be cruel to an animal."
-----"David In Love" US magazine, March 1998
"I love dogs. They live in the moment and don't care about anything except affection and food. They're loyal and happy. Humans are just too damn complicated."
-----"Duchovny Xplains It All" Radio Times magazine, August 1998
Question: What do you like to do in your spare time?
"Hang out with my wife and child and dogs. Yoga. Read, write, but not 'rithmatic."
-----Live AOL Chat, April 6, 2000
"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.
What movie makes him cry? "Brian's Song. Just the voice-over gets me. And when they're running through the park at the very end, and Billy Dee Williams [playing Sayers] is remembering Brian Picolo-not how he died, but how he lived. And the narrator says, 'And how...he...lived.' And they're tearing through the park, running. I'm gonna cry right now."
-----Premiere Magazine, December 1998
"I feel like I should be a lot more grateful than I sometimes feel. I do. I feel very lucky to be living the life that I'm living right now. Yet, I'm still strangely unfilled at times with work and what I want to do. There are moments when I can sit back and think that things are okay. The wolf isn't at the door right now. But I don't want to be complacent. It's never over. Life is tricky and life is hard. Things are wonderful right now, but I don't think that has anything to do with me. It's a lot of luck and timing. I'll do everything I can to keep it that way for my family and me."
-----"Davids Little Lady" ET Online, 5/20/99
Did you find it difficult to trust people who loved you because you were famous?
"At some stage I did, but now I don't care why people love me, just as long as they love me. And I don't 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. I'm on a show that a lot of people like to watch. Does that make me better off?"
-----"On Another Planet" Elle Magazine, September 1998
Who are the celebrities who have been wise about how they've dealt with fame?
"I'm beginning to think Warren Beatty is. I used to resent his taciturn facade, but now I think he's smart about editing the story as he's giving it. I don't think I could ever be that way, but I respect it. My first response to attention coming my way is that I've got to give back or else they're going to go away. I've got to tell them a new story or say something controversial or be funny. You can end up feeling drained that way. If you can somehow address the things that are important to you without boring yourself or hurting your family, then you're doing a good job. But it isn't easy. I have this fear deep inside which is,'If I was a better actor, I wouldn't have to sell myself like this. People would just come. Why am I doing this song and dance to get people to come see something that I think stands on its own?' When you start talking about your wife or childhood, it's like, 'Oh my God, now what am I doing? I'm trotting out the family history to get people to go see my movie?!'"
-----"An Actor and a Poet" Movieline magazine, July 1998
David on his rare use of the Internet:
"I was at my manager's office, and I said, 'Let's go visit some site about me.' I forget which one it was, some chat room. I logged on and said,'Hi, it's David Duchovny. Anybody want to talk?' First of all they just ignored me, because I guess they get people like that all the time. So I typed, 'It really is David--please ask me a question so I can prove it's me.' They were, like, 'Get out of here.' And I realized I could never convince them it was me. If I came up with something they already knew, they'd think I was just another fan who'd learned it like they had. And if I came up with something they didn't know, they would think it was a lie anyway."
-----"David's X Factor" Vanity Fair magazine, June 1998
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