David Duchovny Quotes

Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.

The blessing is that everyone knows who I am because of the commercials.

Television doesn't make stars. It's the written media, the press, that makes stars.

I get recognised a fair bit. It goes up when 'Peep Show' or the sketch show is on the telly or when we're doing loads of interviews.

If you want to be really famous you have to go on TV every day.

Who doesn't want to be famous? I am famous. I'm dying to be on TV.

It thrills me to get the chance to have my face on 'Inside Edition.'

Being on TV is kind of the best job in the world.

I have no sense of being famous - you're just working. And then you'll have a random day in London when you'll do some press and it creeps into your awareness that this goes out - that what you do every day goes out to televisions right across the country.

I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.

I suppose I am reluctant about being any sort of 'star' and I didn't particularly want to be portrayed as one.

I just hate the idea of being well known. I know that is almost impossible if you're an actor who has done okay, but I've always fought against it.

It's cool to be in the paper every once in awhile and people read about you and they know who you are.

My fame is due to broadcast television.

I never hid out. I was never big enough a star.

I certainly don't think I would have been asked to pose for Rage if I wasn't a known writer.

I have no interest in being famous for the sake of being famous.

I've experienced as much fame as I ever want to.

My name is not big enough for people to go, 'Let me throw money at you because you're so famous!'

I know that everyone wants to know about 'Downton Abbey,' but the truth is that it was only a few days out of my life. Still, you play a distinctive part on a hit series, and everyone suddenly knows who you are. Isn't it crazy how this business works?

I don't want to be a reality TV star - that's not for me.

I'm already more famous than I want to be. And yet at the same time, fame feeds your potential as a creative person. You're in a vacuum if you don't have a certain amount of fame.

I want it all. I want the Pepsi endorsement. I want the arena shows. I want Times Square!

I didn't set out to be famous; if I'd wanted that, I would have gone on 'Big Brother.'

I'm obviously more known for being on television, and that's where most people see me.