David Duchovny laments “working a lot” when his two children with ex-wife Téa Leoni were little on major TV shows like Fox’s The X-Files, Showtime’s Californication and NBC’s Aquarius.
‘I certainly worked a lot when my children were little. That’s something that could have changed,” the 63-year-old said. People on Sunday.
“But of course, it’s also great to model a committed person for a child. It may not be the best to dedicate your entire existence to your child either, so it could be anything…
‘I don’t have access to the other road that could have been travelled. I only have one that I traveled to, so I’m certainly not a perfect parent, but I love my kids. “I love my children very much.”
This Saturday, David and the Madam Secretary alum, 58, will celebrate the 22nd birthday of their son Kyd Miller Duchovny, who is currently a senior enrolled at Pitzer College.
David Duchovny laments “working a lot” when his two children (pictured in 2020) with ex-wife Téa Leoni (2-L) were youngsters on major TV shows like Fox’s The X-Files, Showtime’s Californication and Aquarius NBC.
The 63-year-old (pictured Feb. 10) told People on Sunday, “I certainly worked a lot when my kids were little.” That’s something I could have changed… I don’t have access to the other path I could have taken. I only have one that I traveled to, so I’m certainly not a perfect parent, but I love my kids. I love my children very much
Duchovny and Téa (born Elizabeth Pantaleoni) are also proud parents to daughter Madelaine West Duchovny, 25, who graduated from Brown University and starred in the Netflix series Painkiller and the Hulu series Saint X last year.
‘I felt loved unconditionally by my children… and I love them unconditionally. Just them being in the world has taught me that feeling on both sides, and I don’t think there’s anything deeper or more meaningful than that,” the Fail Better podcaster explained.
‘I will always feel inadequate (as a father). Maybe I was a good father, because my children are great people and they probably want to think of me as a good father too. They don’t want to think of me as a failure. I’m sure I’ve done bad things, I’m sure I’ve made mistakes, but we all have. So I try to give myself more breathing space.’
But David, who graduated from Princeton and Yale, never wanted everything to be smooth sailing for his privileged nepo-babies.
“It’s a boring life,” Duchovny noted.
‘I should wish great difficulties for them, I should wish obstacles for them, I should wish overcomings for them, I should wish successes and failures for them. So I try, as everything I do has shown me, (to prove) that the best things come from the most difficult experiences.’
The four-time Emmy nominee split from Leoni in 2008, a few months before completing a stint in rehab for sex addiction, but they rekindled their romance in 2009 before splitting for a second time in 2011 and their divorce was finalized in 2014.
David also reportedly loved and left people like Sharon Stone, Winona Ryder, Sheryl Lee and Lisa Loeb.
This Saturday, David and the Madam Secretary alum, 58, will celebrate the 22nd birthday of their son Kyd Miller Duchovny (M, pictured in 2019), who is currently a senior enrolled at Pitzer College.
Duchovny and Téa are also proud parents to daughter Madelaine West Duchovny (left, pictured Sept. 5), 25, who graduated from Brown University and starred in the Netflix series Painkiller and the Hulu series Saint X last year.
The Fail Better podcaster explained: ‘I felt loved unconditionally by my children… and I love them unconditionally. Just them being in the world has taught me that feeling of both sides, and I don’t think there’s anything deeper or more meaningful than that.
But David, who graduated from Princeton and Yale, never wanted everything to be smooth sailing for his privileged nepo-babies, since “the best things come from the most difficult experience” (pictured on February 9).
Duchovny split from Leoni (R, pictured in 2010) in 2008, a few months before completing a stint in rehab for sex addiction, but they rekindled their romance in 2009 before splitting for a second time in 2011 and their divorce was finalized in 2014.
The four-time Emmy nominee will next narrate the three-part podcast 30 for 30 Searching for Hobey Baker, about the hockey legend whose name adorns the coveted college trophy, premiering this Wednesday on the ESPN app and other podcast providers.
David wrote, produced, directed and stars as Marty Fullilove in his third feature film as a director, Reverse the Curse, arriving in select US theaters and on VOD this Friday.
Duchovny will next narrate the three-part podcast 30 for 30 Searching for Hobey Baker, about the hockey legend whose name adorns the coveted college trophy, premiering Wednesday on the ESPN app and other podcast providers.
The two-time Golden Globe winner wrote, produced, directed and stars as Marty Fullilove in his third feature film as a director, Reverse the Curse, arriving in select US theaters and on VOD this Friday.
David adapted his own 2017 novel Bucky F***ing Dent to bring the dysfunctional father-son drama, also starring Logan Marshall-Green, Stephanie Beatriz and Evan Handler, to the big screen.
As for music, Duchovny, who has 11,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, is scheduled to perform with his band on July 27 at the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire in London.