WHAT I KNOW NOW
People US|June 17, 2024
THE X-FILES ACTOR AND PODCAST HOST REFLECTS ON PARENTING, SUCCESS AND THE SILVER LINING OF EVERY FAILURE
JP MANGALINDAN
WHAT I KNOW NOW

Failure doesn’t really faze David Duchovny these days. The actor, 63, has written five books, recorded three studio albums and starred in hit series The X-Files and Californication, but now he’s facing the subject head-on with his new podcast Fail Better. “It’s not about reveling in the shame of it all,” he says of discussing his missteps and those of his celebrity guests like Ben Stiller and Bette Midler. “It’s about the true hurt of it and the response after the hurt. How do you go ahead in your life stronger and not debilitated by the wound of a big failure?”

He’s putting himself out there again with his new movie Reverse the Curse (out June 14), which he also directed and adapted from his 2016 novel Bucky F*cking Dent, about a complex father-son relationship. Though the New York City native admits he has a “pretty severe sense of privacy,” his pride is evident when he talks about his two children—West, 25, and Kyd, 22—whom he shares with actress Téa Leoni, his ex-wife. “I feel unconditionally loved by my children, and I love them unconditionally,” he explains. “I don’t think there’s anything deeper or more meaningful than that.” Here, Duchovny shares what he’s learned about love and the upside of a setback.

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