'The X-Files' was a hard sell because people didn't know what it was. The network didn't understand what it was that they… — Chris Carter Copy Share Image
It's funny - I was a big fan of 'The Sopranos.' It became kind of a threat to 'The X-Files' in a… — Chris Carter Copy Share Image
It's really hard to scare people on network television. You've got to be smart about it. You've got to parcel out the… — Chris Carter Copy Share Image
There are things I'm doing with 'The After' that would've never flown on 'The X-Files' and on network television, so it's more… — Chris Carter Copy Share Image
The real challenge in doing a TV show is in what I would call the maintenance energy. You take that creative energy and you… — Chris Carter Copy Share Image
When something original works, then everyone wants to copy it. But if you're trying to do something that no one's ever seen before it's… — Chris Carter Copy Share Image
The experience of seeing a surf movie in the 1970s, as a teenager, and the energy in those theatres, was amazing. It was the… — Chris Carter Copy Share Image
“He's the most dangerous man alive. Not so much because he believes in his actions, but because he believes his actions are all which… — Chris Carter Copy Share Image
Writing is a little athletic for me. I get worked up a little bit when I do it. So I guess I'm a little… — Chris Carter Copy Share Image
I think I've been asked a lot more than most TV producers to go on-camera. But I just do what I do and don't… — Chris Carter Copy Share Image
'The X-Files' was a hard sell because people didn't know what it was. The network didn't understand what it was that they were buying,… — Chris Carter Copy Share Image
“Just think of any consulting business – its solutions to whatever problems occur will be what it currently offers.” — Chris Carter Copy Share Image
Even if I see 300 'X-Files' fans together, I can't fathom - I cannot imagine - the audience itself. All I think about is… — Chris Carter Copy Share Image
Producing a series is like being Lewis and Clark: You know where you're going, you just don't know how you're going to get there.… — Chris Carter Copy Share Image
So many things for me are unfortunate in the commercialization of something that is special. It's like when Led Zeppelin appears in Cadillac commercials.… — Chris Carter Copy Share Image
