youreadarkwizard:

“First of all, I think the show is great and the frame is great and the characters are great, but that wouldn’t be enough to just keep on coming back over and over again. What I figured out in the last time around was that it’s a very interesting challenge for an actor– for any actor–and I think it’s unique for Gillian and I, to be able to play characters over so many years. I just can’t imagine other actors who are afforded that luxury.

So the question is…I can’t play Mulder the same way I played him 25 years ago, that would be obscene in a way…it just wouldn’t fit. So the question is how do I make him the same guy 25 years later? And that’s an interesting acting question. So I like that challenge is those terms.”

-David Duchovny, answering the question “What keeps you coming back to [The X-Files]?”

Petros and Money Show, 4/25/17