My brother is a scientist. He's a professor at MIT. He brought science fiction into my world. — Chris Carter Brother Copy Share Image
I love jazz and funk, because it's hard. If it's not hard, it's not worth doing. — Chris Carter Because Copy Share Image
I think science is about the search for God; it just comes at it from a different angle than religion. — Chris Carter About Copy Share Image
I wasn't a big science-fiction fan growing up. But I loved Jules Verne and Sherlock Holmes. Both came into play on 'The… — Chris Carter Big 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… — Chris Carter About Copy Share Image
New Zealand totally rejects Japan's proposals to double the number of whales slaughtered in the Southern Ocean — Chris Carter Japan Copy Share Image
People thought the storyline and characters for 'X-Files' made it a 'dark' show, but I never saw it that way. I always… — Chris Carter Always 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… — Chris Carter Copies Copy Share Image
“Just think of any consulting business – its solutions to whatever problems occur will be what it currently offers.” — Chris Carter Business Copy Share Image
“When reality becomes too senseless to make sense, the human mind will sometimes create its own” — chris carter Human mind 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… — Chris Carter Disney 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 Abuse Copy Share Image
I've got funny things. David Duchovny had to have a cast made of his face to do an old person's make-up, and… — Chris Carter Billy 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… — Chris Carter Bad 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… — Chris Carter Amazing Copy Share Image
'The X-Files' from the beginning was a very visual show, and with Bob Mandel directing the pilot and Dan Sackheim being involved… — Chris Carter Beginning 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 Became Copy Share Image
If you look at 'The X-Files' generally, we did 202 episodes. About 80% of them are not 'mythology' episodes, which tend to… — Chris Carter About Copy Share Image
“I think that you appreciate that there are extraordinary men and women and extraordinary moments when history leaps forward on the backs… — Chris Carter Achieve Copy Share Image
In Canada, I climbed some mountains with the Alpine Club of Canada, which taught me a lot about stamina. — Chris Carter About Copy Share Image
I admired shows like 'Six Feet Under.' That was an amazing show. Never boring, always inventive, smart. Loved the characters. Completely original.… — Chris Carter Admire Copy Share Image
I have to be careful with surfing. It's still an addiction to me. It's all I want to do, and that's the… — Chris Carter Addiction Copy Share Image
“Interpretation is directly related to a person's frame of mind. Looking at the same image, a person could see two different things… — Chris Carter Frame of mind 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 About 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… — Chris Carter Dangerous Copy Share Image
I hope that I'm not simply defined by 'The X-Files,' and I hope I have more work that is important to do. — Chris Carter Defined Copy Share Image
You have these catch-phrases that you associate with 'The X-Files': 'Trust No One,' 'Deny Everything.' 'Believe the Lie' was one of them. — Chris Carter Associate 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… — Chris Carter Along 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… — Chris Carter Appears Copy Share Image
“Our knowledge does not help us to forecast the future, but it makes us more certain that our guesses are the right… — Chris Carter Time 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… — Chris Carter Call Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of Barack Obama. I think he carries a heavier burden and is held to a greater and higher… — Chris Carter Barack Copy Share Image
I grew up a child of Watergate. It gave me a good dose of skepticism about authority. One of my favorite movies… — Chris Carter About 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… — Chris Carter Athletic Copy Share Image
It's so interesting that when I finished 'The X-Files' in 2002, the - call it the political and cultural climate in America… — Chris Carter America Copy Share Image