David Duchovny Thinks Agent Mulder Is a Horrible FBI Agent
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- David Duchovny reflects on 25 years of The X-Files and explains why he thinks Agent Mulder is a horrible FBI agent.
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I once did a statistical analysis for season 1; Agent Mulder has a 33% chance of losing his handgun, is shot at in 2 of 13 or cases, and is rescued by Scully more often than he rescues others. And if he says "Don't worry, I'll protect you," you're screwed.
Omg that's so funny! Everytime I rewatch I find moments where if he wasn't the protagonist, he would be dead, FOR SURE.
I'm rewatching "The X-Files" again for the maybe fifth time. Damnit he sure does drop that gun quite a bit. Terrible agent.
Hahahaha good one.
haha totally! mulder usually got his ass handed to him, and often scully would have to swoop in and save the day. i'll give mulder one thing: he knows how to take a punch
Mulder is sharp as a tack, a wicked IQ with an agent's instincts that borders on the miraculous. He WAS the FBI's golden boy at one time - but here's the thing; Mulder is EXTREMELY good at what he does. It's just that what he does is weird. He's made weird choices with his life. What he investigates cannot be catalogued, characterised or easily referenced. He's still a brilliant agent.
haha funny but true.
Exactly
You got a bubblegum mulder in your closet I just know it.
@@matthewgleasman2130 - I got the Mulder and Scully movie figures, lol!
it was just a joke man
I like this guy. Never takes himself too seriously and isn't pretentious.
This guys has been our childhood hero.. a fucking legend..
Hell yeah
You can say that again!
For not being very able. You all worship people who aren't closers.
@@mattmarzula he's funny as he'll and clearly a genius...what's not to like?
I always used to wonder wtf you had to do to get fired from the FBI in the X-Files universe because Mulder deserved it, a 1000 times over...
He _almost_ got fired that one time he murdered a teenager in cold blood by staking him through the heart only to find his vampire fangs were prosthetics, but then the teenager got up and walked out of the morgue because he actually _was_ a vampire, so Mulder got off the hook.
- signed, someone who has watched WAY too much x-files
Madison nah you gotta leave the stake in for them to stay dead, clearly. The kid only got up and walked out when the coroner removed it to start the autopsy.
i know this comment was over 2 years ago but but in season 2, mulder mentioned he got probation and suspension in the past
@@TheGuindoHE WAS DRUGGED!
He should've been fired multiple times but I think S8E18 is the first time. This is after he died, buried, and came back to life and was reinstated like a week later.
I recall the official X-files club magazine had an anonymous interview with a real FBI agent and asked him for an honest assessment of the show's realism. He was interesting to say the least. Several of my favorites:
There's no real need to assign the X-files to the Bureau. He said he wouldn't be surprised a bit if in real life, they worked for the Border Patrol or Homeland Security
A real Agent Mulder would have been fired long before the first season even ended! The Bureau doesn't like it when you have a habit of ditching your partner and losing your gun
And my all time favorite: The X-files would never be put in the basement of the Hoover Building. No director there is that hateful/cruel! On a more serious note, he said in real life, there would be multiple people in the X-Files, not just two. Mulder and Scully would likely be assigned to a field office on the east coast while Doggett and Reyes would cover the west coast.
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I need to find this interview. Because in my time travellers do get investigated by the FBI, but I wonder how the FBI would actually do that?
I recall the introduction of the Mulder character, he was portrayed as a super smart profiler....and then the writers kinda forgot about all that.... that was a shame.
It's about context. Mulder and Scully have always been insanely smart and talented. It's just that they're always dealing with matters way out of the FBI's league, and that makes them look a bit more ineffective than they normally would.
It comes up again a few times when he does up profiles for cases. Generally, when people reference his skills as a profiler, they do it with a sense of disappointment. Like, "You had such a promising career ahead of you, I can't believe you squandered it on flying saucers and ghosts."
they didn't forget about it. mulder was right about everything as a result, in part, of his awesome profiler skills. they just didn't beat us over the head with it to keep reminding us.
"mulder, how did you know he did it?"
"my profiling days are far from behind me, scully."
believing in your audience's intelligence makes for better tv. although i'll grant you that Darin Morgan forgot any intelligence that mulder ever had in any episode ever.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who was frustrated with what a moron Mulder could be at times.
I once read an interview where Chris Carter (X Files's creator) recalled when he cast Duchovny as Mulder. He said that when Duchovny first auditioned he spoke the lines much slower than Carter wanted. He told Duchovny that his look and manner were great but he had to speed up the delivery because he wanted the character to seem intelligent and smart. Duchovny was puzzled - saying he wanted all audience members to understand what was being said, even if it was technical or scientific. However, Carter insisted (and Duchovny was a complete unknown looking for an acting job) so he agreed, read the lines faster and was cast. Carter then said that, to his eternal shame, he made a judgement call about Duchovny based on this encounter - namely that the other was not all that bright. He later discovered that Duchovny was probably the most intelligent and well-read man he'd ever met. He said this experience has taught him to NEVER make snap judgements about people - always get to know them first.
I got to go on set of X Files back in 98/99 and it was awesome. Had a room mate who was in carpentry union. He'd worked on a few FOX properties like Alien Resurrection, etc...I had gotten out of Art School and was looking for some kind of work.
He takes me on the FOX studios lot and we go into this huge warehouse with fake offices and cubicles. They were setting up to film and they were lighting an office and it took me a second to realize I was in Skinner's office.
He takes me over to this other set with a raggedy kitchen and one of my room mate Ray's carpentry Union buddies is like Brad Pitt just wrapped filming here, I'm walking around like this house is gross. October 15, 1999 I'm sitting in a theatre watching Fight Club and when it gets to the chemical burn scene, I'm like OH $#!T I was in that kitchen!!!
Great story!
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A morning of awkwardness is far better than a night of loneliness.
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Should make a spinoff: Agent Mueller - The Truth Is Out There
YES
Mueller or Mulder?
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Ok, not the most brilliant actor in the world, but for me, his charisma and humility make up for it.
He earned enough with his acting, lol
Nothing wrong with his acting.....are you an actor?
You haven't watched Californication
He’s a great TV actor or leading man but in good television. I think his movies have shown he works best in supporting roles. Or hasn’t been given a great leading role
@@c17sam90 He only takes roles he likes and that means it's not always a top movie. He doesn't have to work anymore.
David Duchovny is AWESOME!!!
MythicTyrant Yeah, love the energetic decrepitude😁
yes he is
Great David!
Yes, he really is!
The funniest thing he’s ever said, “And I think I’ve found it - right here, in this moment. That energetic decrepitude.” 🤣🤣
Orange Julius just cracked me up! David Duchovny is brilliant!
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David did humility well in this interview.
saw X-Files it theaters back in '98.
excellent show all around.
Thanks Scully & Mulder!
Just started Californication....great series and DD a fucking Legend!
Alexander Daniel
Hank Moody 4 LIFE!
Levi Washburn
Aye thanks for the suggestion. I’m on season 4 of Cali., I’ll definitely check it out after Im done.
Alexander Daniel
I finished Californication. Thought the ending was a bit underwhelming. Could've gone on for a couple more seasons. It's still one of the best series ever IMO.
Levi Washburn
Will definitely watch it.
He looks good for 57 no?
I’m friends with dudes in their early 40’s and they look terrible
@@cpolo88 When you have kids, mortagage to pay and a 9-5 job with overtime, age gets to you faster than when you're loaded with cash and cruising the Hawaii multiple times per year in your personal yacht.
Adi Adrian yes he actually looks like a 30 year old with Hollywood effects to look older I think :p
Yummy
Jose Carreras that’s true
Orange Julius 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I love this man
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@@davidwilliamduchovny7921 suure... totally the real david
Such a cool cat
The other thing very prescient was the rise of the surveillance state in America, the show was so predictive in so many respects (and now we have the release of the Pentagon and Air Force UFO files.)
Well that’s the disadvantage to hunting Aliens and Genetic Mutants, you rarely get to press charges lol
Energetic decrepitude! I love it! David, you are swagilicious!
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stop trying to scam debbie, david. she just tryna be swagilicious
Love DD, X-Files will always be one of my fav shows
Mulder may not be much of an agent, but I think highly of him, just like I do David Duchovny.
I still love him! I wish X-Files stayed on forever
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@@davidwilliamduchovny7921 Stop it fake acc
Mulder would have been fired by the second episode, the moment he broke into a highly classified air force base. Thank God for his deus ex machina government contacts and connections.
Oh, gracious...I adore this man. What a terrific interview! Thank you!!!
I think Mulder is a great FBI agent. He's good at his work, and of course he solves every case. The problem with him is that he uses his ability of investigation in a "wrong way", like a lot of collegues or bosses would say. He's not good at all with life choises, he cares more about his work and his research of the truth, than the research of happines that it would end, realizing much sooner how much Scully loved him.
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@@davidwilliamduchovny7921 at first, I don't know why, I really thought you were David Duchovny XD
But anyway I am not english/american, so I have no idea about what "hangouts" is.
@@elisagiambartino3483 Do you’ve email address?
@@davidwilliamduchovny7921 yeah sure
Ok i did it
Mulder totally solved all his cases but the superiors wouldn’t let him through!!
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Bet you wish orange Julius was in office now.
i just enjoy hearing him speak
Pretty sure Mulder made an arrest unless I'm misremembering how "Irresistible" ended in Season 2....
And Arcadia, but Gogolak died when the Tulpa monster hit him in the head while he was handcuffed to the mailbox
He arrested many people, including Tooms.
Regardless of actual arrests, Mulder was usually correct as to what was really going on, who was guilty, etc. So he was a great agent. The very nature of who they go after makes it nearly impossible to get actual tangible justice.
David, your great, not as Gorgeous as Gillian, but give you a thumbs-up, as publisher with an eye for talent and appreciates your sense of humor. Refreshing breather from most of the acting field today.
I like this guy, he's hilarious, I didn't know that 🤣
Watch Californication. He's funny as hell in that show :)
He is like that all the time, even away from the cameras. I have met him several times and he's smart and funny.
His sense of umorism is in XFiles and also in Californication (even if I didn't see it) that's one reason becouse I love Mulder
Duchovny should do stand up
I would LOVE to watch him doing standup.
That's how i got here. I just finished californication and was wondering of he'd ever done stand up. I completely forgot about the x files.
@@deanmlshredder I do hope you watched the X-Files after this! 😁
@@carolynjanesutton4932 I tried dude. Couldn't get into it. Caught a couple episodes when I was a kid and thought it was interesting and I wish I would've looked closer back then. Seems a little corny in my 30s.
Actually, his chats with the audience at his gigs are pretty funny!
This interview was hilarious. :D
I love Mulder, it's like christmas every time they revisit this show.
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What a phenomenal appearance by Duchovny belied by the relatively tepid reaction by the audience.
The man.
Can never get enough Duchovny! 😌💜
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Orange Julius. 🤣
HE'S FOX FREAKIN MULDER YOU PUNKS
My cousina back then used to laugh at him for his journalist style talking and acting skills even he knows he not great at acting but he leo they great at anything.. love his humor, humble and leo straight forwarndness
I love David. I love Mulder. and I love the energetic decrepitude definition so much
I miss this show beyond expression.
this man is legend
I am the Biggest fan of the X files which you can now stream for free every episode on the FOXNOW app! I am such a big fan of David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson. David has such the word knowledge overtone his vernacular tendencies are scandalous! I can see him wanting to laugh at his own! hilarious! He's so talented! 🤣
I would love him to play Sterling Archer.
Oh good heavens, I soooooo can't wait to meet & hang out with David in a few weeks! Only been chasing him for 25 years, haha!
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3:12-3:42 Worst FBI agent ever!
Gee David don't hold back tell us how you really feel!? Loved it!
Can't believe I met him three times already. And hopefully again next year.
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Good morning, Dave.
Orange Julius! Hail Caesar! SPANKY has to LOL,
early morning or hangover, :-) HAHA
I’m so in love with him!!!
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How long were they on the air? From what year to what year?
Ash Correll Those dates are significant
Haha he is a monster!! Love this guy
I’m sure they arrested some characters… and they did solve cases just not officially for most of them. They had official explanations. Even Squeeze ended with him in prison, sure in Tooms he gets out but then he dies so technically that’s solved 😌
Wait... that's his name? I was positive his first name was Agent.
No, that's Coulson.
No, that's Orange. Or 99.
Coulson's first name is Phillip.
First name was "Fox". Fox Mulder (or maybe that was just a nickname)
"You're expecting me to believe that's a real name?" (Clyde Bruckman)
Damn, David is in team Cruise - looking fucking awesome at 60!
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Dont stop the X-Files!!!
He my homey! I wanna be just like him!
CAN WE GET ONE MORE SEASON PLEASE!
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April Air Force Base
The thing is not to solve or not a case, but when you make Scully see or even believe just a bit that what you are investigating is the truth, is what matter most. And remember that : -"Why are those like yourself, who believe in the existence of extraterrestrial life on this earth, are not dissuaded by all the evidence to the contrary? - Because, all the evidence to the contrary, is not entirely dissuasive."
Santa's Village
I thought both Mulder's and Scully's acting, along with many of the other main characters, was superb. Having been fascinated by the UFO enigma for three decades before the X-Files aired, this show resonated with me. Am currently reading an old 1960 book by Major Donald E. Keyhoe "Flying Saucers, Top Secret", who devoted much of his life, like agent Mulder, to uncovering the US government's real knowledge of the UFO phenomena. If Keyhoe were alive today he would be very pleased by the disclosure that the government indeed had a UFO working group, AATIP, directed by Lue Elizondo. And, he would have been more gratified by the release of official government videos of encounters with UFO's by US Navy pilots.
We werent in Skinners office for the Trump photo lol.
Mulder is just an X-Files' version of Terminator's John Connor
David Duchovny is a Cool Actor! 😎👍
Mulder watched porn at work and he also didn’t bother to hide it.
He could play as comissioner james Gordon
When the Trumpet and his trumpeters leave the white house I think the picture of him in the row of precidents will be turned facing the wall.
@Dean Croney Your right about the drones but the military action in Libya was mostly a french idea. Also i think it was the right decision at the time but they fucked up on the way. Libya was always three states who pretend to be one, so it was and is a tough nut. OK, details details. Obama made wrong decisions no question but at least he took the job seriously. Even a random guy from the street couldnt be worse than Trump.
Mulder 2020!
Hank Moody
"With Orange Julius..." this guy is a class act. Lol
Yes, the gov is NOW giving the public OVNI vídeos.
He HAS solved a case - successful prosecution and institution of Tooms.
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I think Mulder was Pretty Amazing, myself.
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David is a dawn good super actor. And must people today think like agent Mulder whether they know it or not.
"don't trust the government" "trump- this is what I've been saying about everything"
Well this aged well.
It's a shame that Duchovny cannot find appreciation in a President that more or less abstained from any international wars, or at least did not start any new ones.
Come on Anderson!! Quit stalling;
We want more X-Files 🤪
I've been rewatching the X Files and I'm just like WOW, these agents are so stupid!
Yeah me too but I like it
Really?
@@carolynjanesutton4932 yes. There was one episode that Scully was dealing with some kind of highly infectious disease and she's doing it with no mask, no gloves, no kind of coverings at all and she's over there poking at the guys nasty looking pus filled face. Lol, you'd think for a doctor she'd be a bit more careful with something like that.
Fox Mulder is a Maniac (TM Gamefully Unemployed)
Mulder (the x files) Hank Moody (californication) super hero david , im Russian
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3:32 clearly not an x file fan. Tooms had been convicted and released from prison and took part in two episodes. Beside Mulder having to testify various times in court, like in the case where hostage got shot and Mulder felt guilty about it since he had clear sight on the target but didn't wanted to risk shooting the victim and when it seemed that the guy did return and investigated again for example.
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Actually, it's true, he rarely arrests anyone. Sometimes he does but he either kilsl them/it or it/they get away. Not Mulders fault though.
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No, he doesn't remember you. And the person who wrote you back and sent you the picture was someone on his staff, not David himself. Welcome to reality
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Marvel should cast him as Bruce Banner/the Hulk in the event Mark Ruffalo no longer plays the role 🙂
Trump is Orange Julius. Et tu Bannon?
yes
i mean...he's never *officially* on the record solved a case, but that might have something to do with the fact that he tried to argue with a judge in open court that an immortal liver-eating serial killer shouldn't be set free. like...he knows what he's doing but he doesn't know how to play it cool.
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Where mulder may not be the best FBI agent, we all know Denise is top notch. Under cooper obviously.
I don't think it works that way. Yes Mulder is an FBI agent but he's a profiler first & foremost: he's qualified based on how many criminals/suspects who he's able to profile accurately, not based on how many X Files cases are solved. X Files are basically just a pile of cases, just the same as any case that is submitted to the FBI, only the nature of the case is unexplainable. Moreover, if Mulder's success were based on the number of X Files cases that are able to be solved, then that would make Scully an incapable agent as well because X Files aren't single agent cases; they are both agents' cases. And Scully's original job was meant to be providing an analytical perspective to somehow justify that what would've looked like an X Files case were just cases with extremely rare explanations, therefore debunking the left-field/paranormal approach/perspective that Mulder has on them. So if X Files cases' status are opened/unsolved, that don't mean they fail; it just has no explainable way to really solve the case. It doesn't have anything to do with their credibility as FBI agents.
He lives in the same building as my bestfriend in Vancouver. He's definitely a crabby actor, only time he ever said hi back to me is when he's coming home from the bar.
garfoonga1 maybe he doesn't like talking to strangers when he's on his own time... Just sayin'.
True enough, but I never try to talk to him. Just say hi.
He's American, not Canadian. We're habituated to say hi to pretty much everyone - stranger or not. Americans, are pretty much habituated to the opposite. Doesn't necessarily mean he's crabby, just that he's not likely to respond in the same way a Canadian would to a total stranger talking to him.
Why should he say hello? How do you know where he's been? I have met him several times and he had always been friendly and very funny.
@your alien overlord He does.