Dedicated with Doug Brunt David Duchovny
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Dec 20, 2022 
David Duchovny, actor, writer, and musician, discusses his high school experience living with JFK Junior, important lessons learned from Don Rickles and Gary Shandling, his thesis at Yale, why he won't write a memoir, how he kept faith in himself as an artist, an entertaining encounter playing tennis next to John McEnroe, and his thoughts on bands like The Who and The Kinks.
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Bunking With JFK Jr In High School
- David Duchovny bunked with John F. Kennedy Jr. on a high-school Washington trip and they became casual acquaintances that year.
- He recounts nervously planning to confront JFK Jr. about taking his earlier school spot, then realizing classmates simply called him John, deflating the plan.
Technology As Modern Magic
- Duchovny's unfinished Yale dissertation framed technology as modern magic and questioned why morality lags behind technological power.
- He planned to analyze writers (e.g., Ishmael Reed, Norman Mailer) who import moral dimensions into technological narratives.
Persist Through Rejection And Practice Daily
- Keep faith through repeated rejection by focusing on consistent practice and belief that your work will improve and be recognized.
- Duchovny credits daily long shoots and persistence for turning raw confidence into actual skill.