David Duchovny Quotes

Don't get confused with what people say you are, with who you know you are.

It's easy to forget who you are.

I can't stand outside myself and be anybody else.

You have to know who you are, if you don't you have nightmares.

I have no doubt who I am.

I don't cast somebody that I think is like my younger self.

I always like whatever I did most recently. It's the closest to who I am at the moment.

It seems that different people have an idea of what I am, and what I should be. And then there's me.

That's the trouble with wishing you were somebody else. As much as you may want it, you know it'll never happen, at least not in this lifetime.

I know who I am. When I look in the mirror, I see me.

I've always been interested in how the individual comes to know and accept him or herself, which I think has been hard for me.

To be able to always have a super sense of who I was and my own real identity and be petty and seem informed and always thinking in thoughts would be great.

I've never, ever labeled myself.

I don't think anyone is the perfect one to play me.

I have a pretty good grip on who I am.

I've been cast as myself so many times, I guess I should catch on and figure out if it's a compliment.

I've never thought of myself as just an actor.

I don't find myself intriguing.

I think, for me, it has been important to remain 'Petra from Fulnek.'

Unfortunately, at the end of the day, when you watch yourself on the screen, you are always you.

I know what my identity is.

Everybody is constantly putting themselves under a microscope in terms of their productivity and their financial success and this whole idea of 'Picture Me Better,' like picture me, you know, who I'm supposed to be versus, you know, just accepting who we all are.

I think, personally, it's our flaws that define us to us - or maybe it's just me.

I see the ups and downs. I see the mistakes I've made. I see a funny person. I see a serious person. I see a diamond. I see the good times. I see the bad times. And I see knowledge of self. I see knowledge of self. I know who I am. When I look in the mirror, I see me.

It's spooky to look at yourself, because you are never quite what you think you are. And you are never as good looking as the person you are acting with, or something like that. So I learned to stay away from it because it was giving me more negative feelings than positive ones.