David Duchovny Quotes

I like characters who remind me of someone I know.

When you are given a character, there are times when you can relate to two out of 10 things of the character, and then there are times when you can relate to eight out of 10 things.

Jill Clayburgh's life so closely paralleled mine, I feel as though a part of me lived a little through her and died a little with her.

You want people - I want people to relate to me as a character. I want them to go, 'That could have been me,' or, 'I know someone like that.'

To connect with the characters, you need to connect with the world. If the world feels vaguely familiar, I believe the characters will feel relatable.

I want to see movies where I can relate to the guy.

I always want the audience to identify with my character in some way. I mean, sometimes you'll get characters that aren't very identifiable. Sometimes you can't relate to your character at all.

I like movies I can relate to.

I think it's necessary to identify with anything - with any character you play, there's got to be something in common, so you can link up to that person, even if it's like one tiny thing. But it's equally fun to play somebody completely different, and trying to find what that thing is to make it.

The character is close to me, except that I haven't lived through those situations, so it's not completely me.

I think that talking about the personal specificity, personal details, is how you get the big, big audiences - by talking about your relationships or your personal tragedies. If you reach out with that energy, you'll touch people.

Human beings have a lot of problems identifying themselves with other human beings who don't resemble them exactly. But there's something about drawing that means that anyone can identify to a drawing. I mean, people can identify themselves with Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse.

And that's what people want to see when they go to the theater. I believe at the end of the day, they want to see themselves - parts of their lives they can recognize. And I feel if I can achieve that, it's pretty spectacular.

In terms of the characters I think are really fun to play, a lot of times it's someone in my head saying 'I know that woman.'

When I read a character that I really, really love, I know immediately what they look like. It's like I want to 100 percent become that person.

The Big Chill is one of those things that everybody can identify with. Between eight characters, they can pick somebody who's somewhat like them.

I love relatable stories.

I think if a character appeals to you, there are certain parts of yourself will come to the fore and other parts that will play down.

I love stories about people that, whatever situation they're in, you can relate to them in a way.

I believe that if writers want their readers to care about a character, they have to care themselves. I have to root for a detective who screws up as much as Thorne does, who shares my birthday, my North London stomping ground, and my love of country music, both alt and cheesy.

I relate to most of the characters I play, because I do feel like an outsider.

The easiest way for readers to connect with characters and feel sympathy is to make the character entertaining, sympathetic and likeable.

It would be hard to play a character you don't like - for me anyway - or can't find something in them to like.

Often, if I read a story and I'm moved, I have an understanding for a character and I don't really know why.

I just look for characters I can relate to.