David Duchovny Quotes

I feel like I came to acting late in a way. I was about 26 or 27, and it was imperative that I make a living right away, and it's hard to make a living on stage, so I started in television and film.

David Duchovny

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 7, 1960

Topics

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These days the temptation to use steroids in sports has become too great for many young athletes.

Jim Sensenbrenner

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I go to movies with my children and see fat kids burping, parents portrayed as total morons, and kids being mean and materialistic, and I feel it's really slim pickin's out there. There's a little dribble of a moral tacked on, but the story is not about that.

Melissa Mathison

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You realize as you get older that tomorrow is not guaranteed for anybody.

John McLaughlin

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I have to think my success in the VC business was due in no small part to seeing Larry Ellison in action back in the day.

Steve Blank

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Favorite movie lists are impossible for me to do.

Robert Zemeckis

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I thought it must be pure science fiction. But when I checked it out I found a lot of magazine articles that actually supported the theory behind the book which was incredible. That's when I decided to acquire the rights of the book and everything went from there.

Roland Emmerich

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I'm not a great poetry fan.

Rupert Everett

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Children now expect their parents to audition for approval.

Mason Cooley

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All of us who lived outside of New Orleans were horrified and heartbroken by what we saw when Katrina hit, the floods that followed the hurricane that happened.

Jonathan Demme

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UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.

Dennis Ritchie

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I might get a break again, and I might get back on telly. If I don't, I'll just keep doing stand-up and doing the best gigs I can.

Dominic Holland

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With 'American Idol,' you are on your toes a lot. People don't realize the amount of work.

Diana DeGarmo

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