>> James: LET'S MEET OUR FIRST GUEST TONIGHT HIS NEW ALBUM
"GESTURE-LAND" IS AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE YOU GET MUSIC, THE
TALENTED DAVID DUCHOVNY.
HERE ON THE SHOW, THERE HE IS.
DAVID, SO GOOD TO SEE YOU, THANKS FOR COMING TO SEE US, I
KNOW ARE YOU CURRENTLY IN NEW YORK BUT THIS PAST SPRING YOU
WERE IN MY HOMETOWN, YOU WERE IN LONDON SHOOTING A MOVIE.
WAS THAT YOUR FIRST TIME SHOOTING IN LONDON, DID YOU
ENJOY IT.
>> I NEVER SHOT IN LONDON BEFORE.
IT WAS WONDERFUL, IT WAS DURING LOCKDOWN SO I WAS PRETTY MUCH
HOTEL AND SET AND BACK AND FORTH BUT OUT MY WINDOW I GOT TO SEE
LONDON WHICH WAS REALLY NICE.
>> James: WAS THERE ANYTHING YOU DOT TO DO?
DID YOU EVEN GO AND ENJOY THE PARKS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
>> I DID.
I WENT TO THE PARK.
I DON'T MOW IF YOU ARE AWARE BUT YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE WILD
PARROTS NOW ALL OVER LONDON BUT IN HYDE PARK YOU CAN KIND
OF-- IF YOU PUT NUTS ON YOURSELF, BED AN THINGS LIKE
THAT, YOU CAN GET THE PARROTS TO JUMP ALL OVER YOU AND EAT FOOD
OFF YOU IT IS SCARY BUT WONDERFUL AT THE SAME TIME.
>> James: YOU KNOW THEY BROUGHT THOSE PARROTS INTO
LONDON WHEN I MOVED HERE JUST TO GIVE THE CITY A LIFT.
>> YOU KNOW, IT IT WAS-- .
>> James: IT IT WAS REALLY DARK FOR A MINUTE.
>> THEY TOLD ME THAT JIMI HENDRICKS DIED IN LONDON AND HE
HAD THESE TWO LOVE BIRDS, THESE TWO PARROTS THAT WERE THEN
RELEASED AND THIS IS THE PROAGAINY OF JIMI HENDRICKS
PARROTS.
>> James: YES, ME AND JIMI HENDRICKS, THE BO OF US, YEAH, I
WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR PERFORMANCE, WHICH I'M
ABSOLUTELY LOVING YOUR PERFORMANCE IN THIS SHOW.
YOU PLAY A HEIGHTENED VERSION OF YOURSELF, I THINK IT ST SAFE TO
SAY.
BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS SCENE BECAUSE YOU IN RED
SPEEDOS.
HERE ON THE LEFT IS YOU IN "THE CHAIR" RIGHT HERE, AND THIS IS
YOU FROM ""THE X-FILES"."
HOW ARE YOU NOT AGING? WHAT IS THE SECRET HERE?
THIS IS EXTRAORDINARY.
>> IT IS ALL LIGHTING.
IT'S REALLY LIGHTING.
AS FAR AS CAN I TELL.
I DON'T KNOW, JAMES.
I MEAN I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO STAY ABOUT THAT.
I AM-- I DON'T KNOW WHAT I TELL YOU, I THINK I'M LUCKY.
>> James: YOU CAN'T TAKE YOUR EYES OFF IT T THAT IS THE THING.
YOU CAN'T.
(LAUGHTER) >> WELL, IT IS A WONDERFUL ART
PROJECT YOU HAVE THERE.
FRAME IT AND PUT IT UP.
>> James: I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO BUILD IT TOUT OF LEGO.
>> STOP STARING AT IT.
>> James: WERE YOU COMFORTABLE IN THESE RED SPEEDOS? BECAUSE
YOU WERE A LIFE GOURD AS A KID, HOWE OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU WERE
A LIFEGUARD.
>> I WON'T ANSWER THAT BUT I BELIEVE THAT I WENT AND I TOOK
THE RED SUIT, AMANDA WHO IS THE AMAZING CREATOR OF THAT SHOW
CALLED AND SAID I HAVE THIS IDEA, ARE YOU LIKE THIS
HOLLYWOOD IDIOT WHO JUST RELIVES HIS PAST IN HIS RED SPEEDO AND
TEACHES IN THE SCHOOL AS WELL.
AND I WILL DO ANYTHING FOR AMANDA.
AND I JUST THINK SHE IS AMAZING.
I THINK THE SHOW IS AMAZING.
BUT YERKS I WAS A LIFEGUARD BACK IN THE DAY ON FIRE ISLAND ON
LONG ISLAND, IN NEW YORK.
AND I TRIED TO SAVE LIVES.
>> James: HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU WERE DOING THIS?
>> 14 TO 128, 14 TO 18.
>> James: SO YOU WERE A LIFEGUARD IN CHARGE OF PEOPLE
WERE DROWNING AT AGE 14, DID YOU EVER HAVE TO TRES CUE ANYBODY.
>> YOU KNOW JAMES, THE WORLD USED TO BE A LOT WILDER THAN IT
IS NOW.
PEOPLE DIDN'T WEAR SEATBELTS AND THEY ALLOWED 14 YEAR OLDS TO
LOOK OVER THE OCEAN AND SEE IF EVERYBODY WAS SAFE IT IS AMAZING
THAT ANY OF US SURPRISED.
BUT ONE TIME YEAH, THERE WERE SHARKS IN THE WATER, THE SUMMER
OF JAWS AND EVERYBODY WAS TERRIFIED OF SHARKS, THERE
WEREN'T THAT MANY REALLY IN REALITY BUT WE WERE ALWAYS ON
THE LOOKOUT.
ONE DAY WE DID HAVE A COUPLE FINS IN THE AREA.
AND BEING THE YOUNGEST GUARD AT 14 I WAS THE ONE FORCED TO GO
ACTUAL THREE GET THIS WOMAN WHO WAS THE ONLY WOMAN WHO WASN'T
HEEDING THE WHISTLING.
WE WERE WHISTLING FROM THE SHORE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO GO IN
THE WATER BECAUSE THERE WERE SHARKS OUT THERE.
AND SHE WOULDN'T COME IN SO THEY SENT THE YOUNGEST OUT.
THE TENDEREST MORE SELL OUT THERE TO GO AND GET HER.
AND I GOT OUT THERE AND SAID MISS, YOU GOT TO COME IN, THERE
ARE SHARKS IN THE AREA.
SHE IS LIKE WHAT?
I SAID WE'VE BEEN WHISTLING EVERYBODY.
WHY DIDN'T YOU GET ME IN.
I SAID WE HAVE BEEN WHISTLING AT EVERYBODY.
I GET HER IN AND WE ARE IN WASTE DEEP WATER, SHE STARTED SLAPPING
ME ON THE BACK, I WAS SHAKING HANDS WITH A [BLEEP] SHARK AND
YOU LEFT MEET OUT THERE SHAKING HANDS WITH A [BLEEP] SHARK AND I
WAS LIKE I DON'T BELIEVE THEY HAVE HAND, MA'AM.
>> James: QUITE A WEIRD THOUGHT ISN'T IT ONCE YOU HAVE
BEEN RESCUED BY A LIFEGUARD TO BLAME HIM FOR YOUR SHAKING HANDS
WITH A SHARK.
WAS IT TAYE SHARK?
>> WELL, I MEAN THERE ARE WERE SHARKS NEAR BY, BUT SHE DIDN'T
SHAKE HANDSK I'M PRET SURE.
>> James: WE HAVE TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR
BRILLIANT NEW ALBUM GESTURE-LAND.
TELL US ABOUT THE MUSIC HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
YEAH, IT IS MY ROCK 'N' ROLL, MY VERSION OF ROCK 'N' ROLL.
YOU KNOW, JUST BEEN MAKING MUSIC FOR THE PAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS.
AND THIS IS THE THIRD ALBUM, I THINK ME AND THE BAND ARE JUST
GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AND THERE SAY REAL COLLABORATION.
I THINK IT ST THE BEST MUSIC I HAVE MADE.
I COULDN'T BE PROUDER OF IT AND IF YOU LEARN THE LYRICS, I WILL
GET IN THAT CAR, I WILL DRIVE THAT CARPOOL KARAOKE CAR, WE
WILL ROCK IT.
>> James: IN RED SPEEDOS, LET'S DO IT.
>> THAT'S GREAT, BECAUSE WE WILL BE UP HERE YOU ARE I WILL BE IN
A RED SPEEDO, SURE.
>> James: THIS IS YOUR THIRD ALBUM.
I THINK IT SAY REALLY BRAVE THING WHEN SOMEONE WHO IS KNOWN
AS AN ACTOR AS YOU ARE TO GO NO, I WANT-- I'M WRITING SONGS AND I
AM GOING TO PUT OUT AN ALBUM.
DID YOU EVER FEEL WORRIED ABOUT HOW IT WOULD BE INTERPRETED, HOW
PEOPLE WOULD PERCEIVE YOU DOING SUCH A THING.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I MEAN, WE'RE ALL HUMAN BEINGS WITH FEELINGS AND WE DON'T LIKE
TO BE DEN GRADED OR DISMISSED OUT OF HAND BECAUSE WE ARE KNOWN
FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
SO YEAH, I EXPECTED A LOT OF THAT.
AND I JUST ALWAYS THOUGHT PEOPLE'S EARS ARE THE MOST
UNBIASED THINGS THEY HAVE.
AND MUSIC IS IF YOU LIKE IT, YOU DON'T GIVE A [BLEEP] IF PEOPLE
LIKE IT OR IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT I JUST THOUGHT GIVE IT A CHANCE,
SOME PEOPLE WILL LOVE IT AND THAT IS GREAT.
AND SOME PEOPLE AREN'T, THAT IS GREAT TOO.
IT SUN BIASED MUSIC.
JUST GIVE IT A WHIRL.
>> James: BUT NOT ONLY, DAVID, ACTING, MOVIES, TV, HERE DOING
AN ALBUM, ARE YOU ALSO A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR.
ARE YOU WORKING ON ANY STORIES AT THE MOMENT.
>> WELL, I HAVE AN AMAZON AUDIBLE OUT RIGHT NOW CALLED THE
RED CLUB A SPOKEN WORD STORY.
AND I AM, WITHOUTING ON THAT.
I EXTENDED THE LENGTH OF IT, A SHORT NOVEL THAT WILL BE OUT
NEXT YEAR.
AND I REALLY THINK IT'S ONE OF THE BEST THINGS HAVE I DONE.
I'M REALLY PROUD OF IT IT.
IT'S AN ODD KIND OF A PANDEMIC STORY BUT YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE
EVERYBODY ELSE, I HAVE BEEN SITTING AT HOME AND TRYING TO
MAKE SENSE ABOUT THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, AND THIS WAS KIND OF
MY VERSION OF MY SOUL OR THE CHARACTER'S SOUL GOING THROUGH
WHAT WE HAVE ALL BEEN THROUGH TOGETHER AS A PLANET REALLY.
>> THAT'S ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.
DAVID DUCHOVNY'S NEW ALL GUM GESTURE-LAND IS AVAILABLE
EVERYWHERE.
STICK AROUND, DAVID IS GO BE TO HERE WHEN WE COME BACK.
COME ON BACK, EVERYBODY.