In Trust the Man, David Duchovny, 46, plays a stay-at-home dad in a troubled marriage with Julianne Moore. In real life the actor, married to actress Tea Leoni since 1997, is a little more adept at dealing with romance, kids and die-hard X-Files fans.

What’s the secret to a good marriage? Ask for what you want - even though you may risk being too needy or demanding. But to expect the other person to be a mind reader never works.

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David Duchovny mulls over why he likes waking up with a woman: “My favorite moment is staying in bed and watching her walk naked to the bathroom,” he says. “I mean my wife!”

Of course, he’s talking about Tea Leoni, and together they are one of Hollywood’s sexiest couples. Just being away from Leoni for a few days to talk about his new film “Trust the Man” in New York City gives Duchovny a serious case of homesickness.

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NEW YORK - David Duchovny is best known for starring in the classic ’90s TV series “The X-Files.” But he also enjoys a reputation as someone who is not afraid to be off-color on-screen.

Indeed, his risque appearances on “Sex and the City” and especially “The Larry Sanders Show” (where he played himself as a comic, primping sexual predator) raised some eyebrows. He notes that he gets those roles because “I can play them. Other actors are uncomfortable playing that kind of truth.”

Still, he acknowledges that the sexy scenes he shares with co-star Julianne Moore in the new film “Trust the Man” were a little awkward - not least because they were written and directed by Moore’s husband, Bart Freundlich.

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David Duchovny’s withered smile tells you he’d rather be abducted by aliens than answer questions about The X-Files.

Not that it stops anyone — certainly not the roundtable of journalists he’s facing this day — from asking.

Or, to Duchovny’s credit, from gamely updating X-philes on the long-gestating sequel to the 1998 film based on the phenomenally popular paranormal TV drama. (more…)

Two new video clips have been added. David and Tea on Entertainment Tonight at the Trust the Man Premiere and HBO First Look: Trust the Man.

David and Tea attended the Trust the Man premiere in New York last night. You can view photos in the gallery.