David Duchovny Quotes

Really, acting is like anything else. The more time you put in, the more you learn and the more you can give back to the industry.

You can work hard to sharpen your talent, to get better at whatever it is that you do, and I think that's what it comes back to.

You only get better by playing.

I always learnt that to play well, you have to train hard, so every time I go on the training pitch, I try to give my best and to improve.

I really feel that if you're gonna be good, you gotta practice... Practice whatever the hell you do.

My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more.

Like I said, repetition in practice and hard work.

You know, I was crap. But I had the commitment, and I had the understanding, that the basis of football is skill on the ball, and if you spend the time with it, you're gonna reap the rewards.

I can't stress the importance of working hard enough, work on all aspects of your game. If you does that and you have the ability, you'll come through.

Practice is everything. This is often misquoted as Practice makes perfect.

Yes, it's absolutely true that anything worth doing is worth doing poorly - until you can learn to do it well.

What's really the driver of talent is not raw ability. It's not even just experience. It's what's called 'deliberate practice,' which is to say, if you do something a lot, you get really good at it.

I have to go at a good pace because how you practice, that's how you play.

I have always tried to improve myself in every practice session. When it comes to playing and preparation, I am as disciplined and dedicated as anyone else.

I work very hard at my game.

Talent is only a part of the work. It is the work that generates the talent.

The very essence of success is practice.

One thing you notice is, there's a lot of people with raw talent, and then there's people who take that talent and work hard.

I tell people that stand-up's like golf: you gotta do it every day to get it down - or at least three times a week to get it down.

Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly until you learn to do it well.

The more you practice and study, the better you are... so I still practice and study all the time.

The older I get, the more I believe in practice and work over natural talent and ability.

Practicing is not normally fun. Sometimes people say they're practicing, but they're really just enjoying themselves and the instrument. That's not real practice.

I am not an 'instant' actor... to really do anything, I've got to try it five or six or a dozen times.

Practice every time you get a chance.