David Duchovny: I Dropped Out of a PhD Program to Pursue Acting on "Gut Instinct”

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David Duchovny talks about his creative journey from a Yale literature program to his iconic role as Agent Mulder in The X-Files; his side careers as a musician and novelist; encounters with fans who think he knows about aliens; and embracing failure as a critical learning experience in life and work.

David’s new podcast is called “Fail Better”, and his film Bucky F*cking Dent comes out in June 2024.

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(0:00:00) Intro
(0:01:05) David’s childhood, growing up in Manhattan
(0:06:33) Academic life at Princeton and Yale
(0:16:15) What appealed to David about acting?
(0:25:02) Playing Agent Mulder in The X-Files
(0:34:22) Hank Moody in Californication
(0:40:27) On music, writing, and podcasting
(0:49:21) Bucky F*cking Dent
(0:58:45) Failures and fatherhood

Mentioned in this episode:
• David’s new podcast, “Fail Better” - https://lemonadamedia.com/show/fail-b...
• IMDb: Bucky F*cking Dent - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20216624/
• David’s books - https://us.macmillan.com/author/david...
• Live performance of his song Layin’ on the Tracks -    • Layin' on the Tracks (Live In-Studio)  
• David’s music on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/3fEWx...
• David Duchovny Breaks Down His Career, from 'The X-Files' to 'Californication' | Vanity Fair -    • David Duchovny Breaks Down His Career...  
• Malice, the show David was shooting in London at the time of this recording - https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/davi...

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• 💻Website: https://www.davidduchovny.com/
• 📺Youtube:    / davidduchovny  
• 📸Instagram:   / davidduchovny  

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