I think 'The X-Files' was a very important moment in TV history. — Michael McKean History Copy Share Image
Even when there are banalities, they're usually kind of benign banalities. — Michael McKean Benign Copy Share Image
Those people that you know for a long time and that you love, they're the easiest to talk to. — Michael McKean Easiest Copy Share Image
I'm not a big oyster eater. But I know people who will sit at a raw bar and eat oyster for two… — Michael McKean Big Copy Share Image
I'm all over the place. As you may have seen from the credits, I write with everybody. — Michael McKean Credits Copy Share Image
They were kind of like little Stephen King stories... but these go back many hundreds of years. — Michael McKean Back Copy Share Image
Some people stay in the academic world just to avoid becoming self-aware. You can quote me on that. — Michael McKean Academic Copy Share Image
Jazz, isn't that just a series of mistakes diguised as musical composition? — Michael McKean Composition Copy Share Image
I watch my wife knitting, and it's like watching close-up magic to me. — Michael McKean Knitting Copy Share Image
I think a band that doesn't have a sense of humor can come up with their own take on whimsy.Kind of lead-footed… — Michael McKean Band Copy Share Image
David Lander and I met in September of 1965. We were both students at Carnegie Tech, as it was then known. Before… — Michael McKean David Copy Share Image
There are people in the world who won't watch a movie that's in black and white. There's got to be a special… — Michael McKean Black Copy Share Image
I think a villain who starts his morning looking in the mirror, wringing his hands, and going, 'How can I be evil… — Michael McKean Character Copy Share Image
People seem to think if you're successful, then you have some secret. The fact is, you've just managed to work your life… — Michael McKean Life Copy Share Image
I have never had a plan. Things happen to me, and, of course, I make friends who later say, 'Hey, you know… — Michael McKean Again Copy Share Image
I made some friends who are still friends, and this is the city of my birth. I love living here when there's… — Michael McKean Amazing Copy Share Image
'Clue' was a big flop when it came out, but it became a... It's a movie that almost everyone references with me,… — Michael McKean Big Copy Share Image
On film, when you're driving home from the set, you realize what you should have done, but it's too late. When you're… — Michael McKean Better Copy Share Image
I was working with Bryan Cranston in 'All the Way.' We were about to make an entrance together - I was Hoover,… — Michael McKean Better Copy Share Image
I can have a real long day; I can have a 14-hour day of intense work and then get home, and it's… — Michael McKean Day Copy Share Image
That's a job that it makes a few friendships, but it probably breaks more. — Michael McKean Friend Copy Share Image
When we can figure out a way to really tour and make a profit, then we'll do it again. — Michael McKean Profit Copy Share Image
I'm kind of the town pump. I think I have a pretty good ear for what sounds good in this style. — Michael McKean Kind Copy Share Image
There's more than one way to do TV just like there's more than one way to do widescreen movies. — Michael McKean Like Copy Share Image
Some of the most interesting characters in literature and in movies and TV have been ones that you can't quite figure out… — Michael McKean Books Copy Share Image
I'm not a lawyer, thank God. Not that there's anything wrong with it. I've never had the brain power for it. I… — Michael McKean Brain Copy Share Image
I think you have everyone kind of pulling on the same end of the rope. It's not like you're Robin Williams and… — Michael McKean Deaf Copy Share Image
I never regret anything and I don't believe in regret. I think it's just a big time-waster. — Michael McKean Believe Copy Share Image
Catherine O'Hara's one of the most amazing, wonderful actresses, but she's an amazing improviser. She really is. — Michael McKean Amazing Copy Share Image
A character has to believe in himself, so I have to find a way to believe in them. Or at least sympathize… — Michael McKean Believe Copy Share Image
You know, I think it's one of those cases where the situation really does dictate your level of ridicule. — Michael McKean Dictate Copy Share Image
To direct a sequel to somebody else's work is not interesting to me. — Michael McKean Direct Copy Share Image
It's nice to take the gloves off, to really examine your character's desires and goals. — Michael McKean Character Copy Share Image
The process depends on the situation, and I don't think there are any two songs that have gone exactly the same way...… — Michael McKean Depends Copy Share Image
Sometimes we drop in and do an acoustic set somewhere, and that's really fun to take all these insanely loud songs, and… — Michael McKean Fun Copy Share Image
