The actor warms to movie romance for his friend, director Bart Freundlich

Actor David Duchovny’s new movie, “Trust the Man,” opening Friday, revolves around friendship, so it’s appropriate that he and writer-director Bart Freundlich were practically set up on a sort-of “date” years ago by mutual pals who said they would get along.

“Our first date was actually playing basketball at Collegiate School,” jokes Freundlich about Duchovny, when the two are interviewed separately. “We went back and played with David’s old high school coach against the team at Collegiate [the Upper West Side prep school Duchovny attended]. David and I went and we brought a couple of friends. We were huffing and puffing after a while. I think we won. We used our smarts.”

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David Duchovny does know how to turn a phrase. While chatting with this column in New York Sunday, the former ”X-Files” star said his new film, ”Trust the Man” (opening Aug. 18) doesn’t really confirm that ”Men are from Mars, women are from Venus.”

With co-star Billy Crudup laughing next to him, Duchovny quipped, ”We like to say this film proves ‘Women are from Mars, men have a penis’ ” — stressing that old adage about men tending to think with their, well … you know.

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Friends and Family Support Julianne Moore’s New Movie

“Everyone’s here!” exclaimed Julianne Moore at the New York premiere of her latest film, Trust the Man, on Monday. “My parents, my in-laws, and even my son.” As if on cue, the flame-haired Cal Freundlich, 9, appeared with a disposable camera to document the evening, which was hosted by Calvin Klein and The New York Observer.