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When David Duchovny first started playing the extraterrestrial-investigating FBI Agent Fox Mulder in "The X-Files" in the early 1990s, he wasn't as green as an alien from outer space. But despite having smaller roles in projects like "Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead," "Twin Peaks," and "The Rapture" under his belt, he still felt like he was learning on the job.
"Some actors can really do it from the beginning, and some actors are learners," Duchovny tells Business Insider. "I'm more of a learner."