Empire online had this short interview with David.

http://www.empireonline.co.uk/site/...7&CurrentPage=2


He may forever be best known as a certain UFO hunting FBI agent,
but David Duchovny is more than Mulder. Since the end of the
ground-breaking conspiracy theorist / paranormal series Duchovny
has been busier than ever. He's just written and directed his
first film, House of D, which premiered at the Tribeca Film
Festival in New York, and he plays the romantic lead in gender-
bending comedy Connie and Carla. We talk to the deadpan Duchovny
about X-Files 2, playing in drag and hating musicals.



This film is a nice break from playing conspiracy theorists. You
have, of course, done romantic comedies before, but is this your
first musical?

(laughs) Yeah. The only way I could appear in a musical is to
not sing so that's what I've done.



Was it difficult to play the straight man, in more than one
sense?

No, that's exactly what I wanted. That's what I like about this
character was how to bring a different kind of funny to the
proceedings, how to remain apart from the way that they're being
funny and still be funny on my own. And that was kind of
exciting to try to figure that out.


So you went for the dry one-liners rather than the balls-out
comedy of the others?

Right, the reactiveness to the proceedings. You know, exactly
how to register how strange they are without going over the top.



Was it a difficult role to play in that sense?

That's the instinct part, how you should play it. But that kind
of playing comes naturally to me. I think I'm a reactive actor
rather than an aggressive actor – I think.



You've played in drag before, in Twin Peaks, so did you have any
pointers for the girls?

Yeah, I told them what to do with their balls when they were
wearing panty hose. They didn't seem that interested in that
advice.



That's odd. Did you regret missing the chance to get back  in  a
dress yourself?

Yeah  sure.  It was all about having fun. But the truth  of  the
matter  is that I don't miss sitting in make-up for four  hours.
Their call times would be three in the morning and mine would be
eight, so I didn't miss any of that. It did look like fun to  be
up  there  singing and dancing, but I know I  can't  sing  so  I
wasn't deluded enough to get involved.



So can you dance?

You  know, if you spend a little time with me. But not  so  much
the  dancing  that  they did with the steps. I  don't  have  any
fundamental training in all the steps. I can get up there on  my
own and freelance but I'm not so good with the choreography.




Are you a fan of musicals?

No, not at all. I can't stand them.




So what was it that drew you to this film?

Well,  there  was no music in the script. I didn't hear  any  of
that stuff when I was reading it. It was funny because we did  a
read-through  maybe  a  week before  we  started  shooting.  The
director had a piano there and instead of reading the cues  "Nia
and  Toni sing Cats" or whatever, they actually did it. So there
they were singing with the piano playing. I thought some of  the
tunes  were really good, and I said to Nia after about three  or
four of them, "That was a good one. What was that?" I'd told her
that  I  can't stand musical theatre. She was like, "Oh,  that's
from  Les  Mis"  and they were all hugely famous  songs  that  I
didn't  know. I think they chose really nice ones, for the  most
part. There was no blood running from my ears, so I thought  OK,
some of this music is pretty good.


So  are  you a convert to musical theatre? Can we expect you  to
become a regular on Broadway?

No,  no.  I  like it in the film. It was almost like a  greatest
hits, just one song from Cats and one song from – I'm trying  to
come  up  with  another example, Cats is  the  only  one  I  can
remember. Les Mis was another one.



Or Jesus Christ Superstar.

Well  actually I like Jesus Christ Superstar. I like when Christ
is  in  a  musical. I like Godspell and I like Jesus Christ  and
Hair, which is Christ-like, Claude is a Christ-like figure. So I
like the religious musicals – like The Passion.



Did you enjoy that?
I think there could have been more singing.



Many  people  would agree with you. On a different  note,  there
have  been a lot of rumours about an X-Files 2 recently – is  it
going to happen?

I  think  so,  but there's nothing concrete. All  the  principal
players want to play so I imagine it will.


Have you seen a script yet?

There  is  no script, but we did 203 of those so I'm  sure  that
they know how to write them. Maybe we'll do a musical – Suddenly
Scully! What is that? That's a musical cue.



Suddenly Seymour, from Little Shop of Horrors.

See?  I  know much more than I think I do. But you're a  fan  of
musical theatre! Get out!



Well,  I  like Little Shop of Horrors. But I also  have  to  ask
about House of D, the film you directed recently. It went down a
storm  at  the Tribeca Film Festival and you have a distributor.
Any idea if we'll see it over here?

Sure  you will, it's an English language movie. You should enjoy
it, there shouldn't be any subtitles.



Any plans to direct again?

Yes,  I  want to write and direct. So the trouble is I  have  to
write.  I  mean  I  can direct tomorrow but  I  haven't  written
anything since House of D so I have to go off to that cave where
you write and come out with 112 pages of decent script.


So not today or tomorrow then.

Check back with me next week.