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
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
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
“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 man 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
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
'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
“Just think of any consulting business – its solutions to whatever problems occur will be what it currently offers.” — Chris Carter Business 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… — Chris Carter About 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
I've become very interested in the spectrum of political discourse as seen on the cable news channels that are conveniently right in… — Chris Carter Addiction 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
“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
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
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 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
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
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
“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
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