David Duchovny: 'The X-Files made me a better actor'

David Duchovny has credited starring in The X-Files with helping him become a better actor.

Duchovny, who played Special Agent Mulder on the sci-fi series, commented that he learned a great deal during his nine years on The X-Files.

He explained: "Every day I had to go to work and every day for 14 hours year after year after year. I don't know if I would've made it to this point if I would've just gone from movie to movie to movie like a three-month stint here and a three-month stint there.

"It was very good for me and my particular sense of myself or my craft to have to go in every day and do it."

Duchovny also revealed that he often watches old X-Files episodes to reflect on the fun he had on the show.

"I'll remember the day, you know I'll remember the lunch, I'll remember the weather... I will laugh at how bad I am or stuff like that," the actor joked to The AP.

"It used to come on and I'd say to [wife] Tea [Leoni], 'Can you just see how bad I am?' and she'd never agree but it's kind of funny embarrassing. Like home movies."

Duchovny won a Golden Globe for The X-Files in 1997 and also received two Emmy nominations for his portrayal of Mulder.

He is currently starring in the drama series Californication, which airs on Sundays at 10.30/9.30c on Showtime.

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Watch a trailer for the feature film The X-Files: I Want to Believe below: