#express himself

"The second album is less heavy thematically and less heavy in lots of other ways," says Duchovny of broadening his sound palette.  "The first album was like, 'I can't believe I have actually written an album' and the second one is realising this is part of what I do now. It was more of a natural thing," he says.

Duchovny recently gave his 88-year-old mother an audio book of his forthcoming release.

"I am pretty sure my mother has read my books," he says. "Her eyes aren't that great but she tells me she's read them. I find when it comes to relatives, it's hard for them to consume the works you write. I personally know my mother is afraid she'll end up in one of the books. You read with that fear, of 'please don't say anything about me'."

I figure my downtime is going to come,"  "I still love my acting, I've just found other passions as well.

"When you're an actor-for-hire, you're always afraid you'll be put out to pasture or they're going to stop wanting to see you. I like to keep working while the work is there. That has always been my approach, but having found music and writing prose for the last six years I have other ways to express myself."