“As an actor, no matter how personal it feels, there is some measure
of safety in hiding behind someone else’s words; when you’re a
singer/songwriter, however, it’s all in plain sight, open to scrutiny
and analysis. “I guess I enjoy that part of it because I feel like my
perspective is my own,” says Duchovny. “I’m not trying to do anything or
convince anybody of anything, I’m just trying to tell a story. I’m just
trying to tell the truth from my particular standpoint, my particular
history, that’s all—and just try to make it as universal as possible.
I’m not up there giving details or trying to force my personal biography
on people, that’s not art. That’s just aggregation. The art part comes
in trying to reach people in their own lives with your life,” Duchovny mentioned beside other things in this interview.
As an artist, sharing personal things is inevitable. “That’s what
people do with any kind of work,” he says. “They try to connect the
dots, and if the dots you gave them are big enough, then when they
connect the dots they’ll find they are looking at themselves.”
Ultimately, Duchovny feels like he’s got nothing to lose. “The worst
thing that can happen is that you fail, and that’s not dying,” he
explains. “People think it’s dying, but it’s not—that’s one thing people
have to learn.”
Full interview: Montecristo Magazine