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David Duchovny Quotes (1997 - misc):

    1997

  • "We have a relationship that is completely odd and fabricated. We've been thrown together, two people who don't know each other, and we've been forced to spend more time together than married people do. So you can't describe our relationship as 'like' or 'dislike.'" (Hall, Carla. "A Man and His 'X'." Los Angeles Times 26 Oct. 1997)

  • "I don't socialize with Gillian, just because we're working together all the time, but we get along. We have our moments. Sometimes we all just show up and go, 'I'd rather be anywhere else but here, and I'm going to make you suffer for it.' But then at other times I'll look at Gillian and think, 'She's the only one that really knows what I'm going through, and I'm the only one that knows what she's going through.' So there's a real bond there and at this point, four years into the show. Ultimately, we're all just trying to make it the best show we can. If we keep that common goal in mind, we all can forgive a lot." (Lambert, Sara. "I Want to Believe." Cult Times Aug. 1997: 28-35)

    1996

  • On reports of trepidation about casting Gillian Anderson: "I don't think that's necessarily true. They say that, but it's not really true. Chris Carter had many things in mind, and Gillian Anderson is a pretty woman. I don't know what the problem is there. It's not like she's a hideous cow. I don't think either character was defined. And when people talk about what they were looking for, it's usually nitwit studio heads who say, 'Let's put a girl with big tits in here or a guy with long hair there.' The same people who said that about Gillian also had things to say about me, but Chris Carter knew he was going to fight for who he wanted, and he did." (Unreich, Rachelle. "David Duchovny." CLEO May 1996)
  • More about Gillian Anderson: "[W]e don't hang out. We are very wary of the fact that any moment the other can turn into a psychotic human being because of the demands that are put on us, the sixteen-hour days. So I know when she is tired and irritable, and she knows the same about me. We have a great respect for thefine line the other is walking all the time." (Nickson, Chris. The X-Factor: The Unauthorized Biography of X-Files Superstar David Duchovny, p. 141, 1996)


    Miscellaneous


  • Where you aware of Fox's reluctance to casting Gillian?
    That's overblown. You look at Gillian, and she's a beautiful woman. And how often do you see Scully in a bathing suit? Gillian's not 6 feet tall and doesn't have what's-her-face's tits, but she's got as nice face as any of them.


  • From someone in Boston: Mulder and Scully have a difficult enough relationship to define on camera. How much truth is brought to the reputed complexity of your off-screen relationship with Gillian? The chemistry seems to be there, but rumors of discontentment plague you two. How much truth do these hold?
    Duchovny: "I think [our relationship] is one of those ones that's so kind of longstanding and so many things are unspoken. It's almost familial in that way. I'm a firm believer that you recreate your family situations at work. She's a combination of a few people. I won't say who. But it's complicated."

  • And what about you and Gillian? For years, there have been rumors that the two of you don't like each other.
    It's always been fine. We're just not Mulder and Scully. We're not going to lay our lives down for each other, yet we do like each other.

  • Despite what the tabloids like to report as "difficulty on the set" between Duchovny and Anderson, he says they have a "comfortable working relationship" and believes that viewers and journalists are fascinated with them because of the complicated relationship they’ve had on-screen. "We’ve worked together closely for seven years," he says. "There’s definitely a friendship."

  • Howard Stern: Are you.. Now, you don't like Gillian Anderson, the woman you work with...
    David Duchovny: I do!
    Howard Stern: No, you have made statements in the past
    David Duchovny: I have never
    Howard Stern: And your relationship with her is somewhat strained
    Robin: Strained? Or strange?
    Howard Stern: Strained. Let me read it to you
    David Duchovny: No, it's not
    Howard Stern: "Our relationship is odd. It's completely fabricated. When work is over. She is the last person I want to see"
    David Duchovny: That not only extends to her, but when work is over, I don't want to see anyone from work.
    Howard Stern: What about her contract?
    David Duchovny: Do you and Robin socialize after the show?
    Howard Stern: Very rarely
    David Duchovny: I'm sorry
    Howard Stern: I would like to see her, she doesn't want to see me. So, you are telling me that you do like Gillian Anderson.
    David Duchovny: I do like Gillian Anderson.

  • Q: There is a certain chemistry between Mulder and Scully that we're led to believe doesn't exist between Duchovny and Anderson.
    DD: Well, that's just something we do, because we want people to think we're really good actors.

    Q:
    She does it really well, though. She kind of alluded to the fact that you guys didn't get along.
    DD: You know, you have a working relationship with somebody that, over a period of time, gets strained. We've had five years together, very closely working together. I can't psychoanalyze Gillian, but I would say, she just wants people to know that she's a person with her own feelings, and that's one way for her to say that I'm more than Scully. Her not wanting to comment on that is like saying, "I have a life going on here that's more than Scully, or is more than the show and I want to be taken seriously."

  • "Gillian has beautiful eyes," Duchovny says. "Her eyes anchor me to the scene. They're big and they're blue and they're wet. And the top of her nose goes up and down when she talks. Her nose is a good actor."

  • Q: Do you get along well with Gillian Anderson?
    DD: Yes!! Isn't that visible?? ;-)

    Q: With whom do you get along best on the X-Files set?
    DD: Gillian most likely; we spend a lot of time together...

If you have any quotes you would like to add, or know of the dates of
the miscellaneous quotes please email me at uncovered@hotmail.com