'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, and at the beginning, they wanted us to have closure. They wanted us to put the… — Chris Carter Copy Share Image
I got to do Disney Sunday movies. I got to do a TV pilot there. And it really helped me to realise that I needed to not just be a writer, but a producer, to see my work up on… — 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
