David Duchovny

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

Games, by nature, have more plot options and non-linear qualities than TV and film. ”

I mean, you always want everybody to pat you on the back and tell you you're wonderful every time you do something; I think that's human nature. ”

I think people are always trying to demystify whatever acting is, so they want to know what your method is. ”

I wanted to write plays. I was at Yale graduate school at the time for English literature, not for acting... I liked the idea of collaboration, and I thought if I'm gonna write plays, I should learn something about speaking the lines that I might try to write. ”

At one time there were voiceover artists, now there are celebrity voiceover artists. It's unfortunate because these people need the money less than the voiceover artist. ”

I won't look online. The whole fan thing makes me self-conscious, which is not to say I don't appreciate it or understand it. If Mickey Mantle were around, I'm sure I'd have a ton of questions to ask him that might make him uncomfortable. I get it. That doesn't mean it's not really awkward. ”

In this age of media and Internet access, we are much more talkative than ever before. ”

People think celebrities don't have to worry about human things like sickness and death and rent. It's like you've traveled to this Land of Celebrity, this other country. ”

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. ”