David Duchovny Quotes

No great television show has ever rested on just one person. They're all about great ensembles and storytelling.

I loved the medium of TV from the first moment that I got into a studio.

I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but 'Mad Men' changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.

I signed up for 'Brothers & Sisters' because I think it's a really great show. I like my character, and I'm really interested in what he has to do every day - and this cast is so spectacular. I really wanted to work with this particular group of people.

Still, on 'Friends', we had some guest-stars who were less than spectacular, not the stunt-casting, but just regular guest-stars, and they weren't particularly great actors, but the material was so good that they scored. It's the writing.

I'm really proud of this show I did called 'I Just Want My Pants Back.' I was very proud of my work on the show and such a huge fan of everybody involved.

I would love to have my own show, and whatever movies come up, that would be fun to do too. But I love TV, and I love the art of the half-hour sitcom.

But James Gandolfini and Edie Falco, they did such great work, especially in the last show.

As a director, I also get to sit and watch actors and learn from them in a way that I don't get to do when I'm just acting.

One of the things I really love about TV is this symbiotic relationship you can get between the writers and the actors, and the characters start to come to life because you start to collaborate.

I loved doing sitcoms.

I really like writing television, and I like the collaborative writers room feeling. It's ten people, and you're together every day laughing your heads off.

I'd say working on television is much, much tougher than films. But television has a great connect with a live audience, which is a refreshing change for us actors.

I really think that as good of a job as you do as a writer, you're absolutely indebted to the actors that have to deliver that material.

I get to play a great character while working with great actors and great directors on a great show.

I miss working with great actors, working with great directors.

I did 'The Commish' and an episode of 'Neon Rider,' and then I got the series called 'Street Justice,' which I ended up doing about 18 episodes of.

With any of the movies I've had a chance to do, or any of the TV shows I've had a chance to contribute to, people approach me and say, 'Hey, would you like to do this?' I laugh out loud and say, 'Yes, that'd be funny.' Or, I'm very moved by what I read and say, 'Yes. How can I help you?'

What I've learned in my career as an actor is that you're only as good as your collaborators. The process is many things, but it is wholly collaborative, particularly with something like 'Westworld,' which is a 10-episode-per-season gig, and we're just now on the 7th episode.

I've done so much drama on television that it's very hard to sit down and watch other actors work. I find my interest is more in the real world.

It's not the love affair I have with film, but television can be a playground for interesting ideas.

Actors today go into TV, which I don't consider has a lot to do with acting.

Working with a great director is like getting a master class in acting.

Good actors are a dime a dozen, but I want actors that are gonna be part of my team and collaborative.

I loved doing the 'King of Queens', I have never had so much fun doing a show. People got to see a different side of me.