The following article appeared in US Magazine in June 1992 (when the X-Files was still just a
twinkle in Chris Carter's eye).
DAVID DUCHOVNY
"I started acting to stop thinking," says David Duchovny. "Well, not
really to stop thinking, but I had educated my head about as far as I
could." The Manhattan Native, who remains only a dissertation away
from a doctorate in literature, quit the books to tread the boards of
off-Broadway. The ivory towers of Yale and Princeton (he attended
both) may not have prepared him for the roles of the leggy, transvestite
fed in Twin Peaks, the slimy telephone hustler in Julia Has Two
Lovers or Mimi Roger's born-again husband in The Rapture, but
Duchovny is earning high marks for his diversity and range as an ac-
tor. In the erotic thriller, Red Shoe Diaries, a series starting this month
on Showtime, he stars as an architect who discovers the secret diaries
of his deceased fiancee and begins an exploration into the motives for
her suicide. He'll also appear later this year in Sir Richard Atten-
borough's Charlie and in California with Brad Pitt and Juliette Lewis.
"I started incredibly late, at twenty-six," says Duchovny, 31, of his
acting career. "I wish I could've done those eighteen-year-old movies
when I was eighteen." At that tender age, he was still exercising his
mind -- and his hump shot -- at Princeton ("until I got fed up with my
coach or he got fed up with me"). Nonetheless, the lessons of his col-
lege days stay with him. "Throw those bad passes," Duchovny says.
"Eventually you'll learn how to handle the ball." -- Leslie Tucker
Bibliographical Information
Author: Leslie Tucker
Graphics: Mark Abrahams
Publication: US Magazine
Issue: June 1992
Pages: 87
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