Chris Carter
Chris Carter
Visionary creator of the TV series The X-Files. He also went on to create three other series for Fox: Harsh Realm, Millennium, and The Lone Gunmen.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth13 October 1957
CountryUnited States of America
smart people scare
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 scares.
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New Zealand totally rejects Japan's proposals to double the number of whales slaughtered in the Southern Ocean
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We strongly support this proposal as it will help revitalise the Snug Cove area and introduce new skills into the Sapphire Coast,
call creative energy harder maintain tv
The real challenge in doing a TV show is in what I would call the maintenance energy. You take that creative energy and you use it every week, of course. But you then need to maintain the quality of the stories, and it's harder to do.
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I want young New Zealanders in future generations and older New Zealanders to be able to go out on a boat and see if they're lucky, because they are hard to see, a great white swimming in the ocean.
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I was pleased to support the event, but the picture is not one that fits into the decor of our house. I'm sure I'll find a friend who will enjoy it,
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I saw a lot of blood in the hallway. There was a trail of blood leading from one end of the hallway to the other.
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Our hearts go out to his family and friends. He will be deeply missed by all who have known him and worked with him.
choose firstly potential
Our guideline is firstly to choose potential medallists,
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We just couldn't seem to get a hit with two outs (in the final four innings). It just goes to show that when you think you have this game figured out it'll get you.
taking walking wounded
We are not taking walking wounded on the plane.
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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 the screen the way I wanted it to look and play.
cannot characters fans fathom
Even if I see 300 'X-Files' fans together, I can't fathom - I cannot imagine - the audience itself. All I think about is the show and all I think about is why I like it and why I like to write it and why I like the characters and what I have to say through them.
producers
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 think about the package.