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David Duchovny Almost Starred in FULL HOUSE

David Duchovny Almost Starred in FULL HOUSE

By Movieguide® Contributor

Actor David Duchovny explained the purpose behind his new podcast where he discusses failure — including failing to land a role on FULL HOUSE — and the way that it shapes our lives.

“Why am I making a podcast? The best answer I can come up with is that I feel like I’ve been failing my entire life, so I can speak from plenty of experience. Sure, I was on THE X FILES and CALIFORNICATION, I wrote some books and made some music. But I also got a literal F in The New York Times,” a description of the podcast reads.

“I had a high-profile divorce and a magical mystery tour through rehab,” the description continues. “So no I want to get into the way that failure looms over all of us and really shapes who we are.”

Duchovny already has a strong lineup of celebrities slated to join him on the podcast and talk about their own failures including Ben Stiller, Sarah Silverman, Sean Penn and Tony Hawk. Duchovny also gets into the failure in his own life — a topic he feels has a lot to give.

For example, the actor auditioned for many sitcoms before he began landing his roles, including trying out for all three leads on FULL HOUSE.

“At first, they had me for, I think, the dad,” Duchovny said. “And then, they had me for the [John] Stamos character. And then, they had me for the other guy [Joey Gladstone]. I was thinking, ‘I’ve got to get one of these, and it’s going to change my life.”

“I had plenty of those pilots that I went up for when I was first out in L.A. and I thought each one was going to be the break,” he continued. “I just needed to be able to pay my rent, too. That was an important thing because I just wanted a job. I can’t tell you how many shows I didn’t get.”

“I was really bad at that kind of stuff,” Duchovny added. “I did not know how to do that sitcom stuff. I don’t know what they were thinking, that they thought I was going to exist in that world. I mean, I guess I could have learned, but I wasn’t ready, I wasn’t ready for that kind of energetic performance that they need.”

Duchovny’s podcast, “Fail Better,” is now available.


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