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
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A lot of people call it dead and draw a line in the sand. It's not that simple. Some of these things take years and years. The city just goes very slow.
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If you look at 'The X-Files' generally, we did 202 episodes. About 80% of them are not 'mythology' episodes, which tend to be the epic episodes. They deal with the big conspiracies, the search for Mulder's sister. They deal with what I would call the 'saga' of 'The X-Files.'
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It's so interesting that when I finished 'The X-Files' in 2002, the - call it the political and cultural climate in America - was one of fear, and trust of government. Because we put ourselves in the hands of the authority who was going to protect us. And, you know, we gave up a lot of our liberties to Homeland Security, etc.
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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'm a big fan of Barack Obama. I think he carries a heavier burden and is held to a greater and higher standard than other candidates : I think there's a large, large portion of this country that feels disenfranchised and marginalized by the political process.
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It took them a while to understand, you can do this, you can't do that.
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We already know Jon Brown isn't seeking a place, ... And I know there are others who don't want to go.
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Yes they're dangerous, but they're also beautiful, they're also part of this world and we need to look after them.
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Even though he let in six goals, Jacob measured up to the task. He did a great job spotting shots.
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On this show, every day is Friday the 13th, actually.
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Scientific whaling is only legal because the provisions in the international convention on the regulation of whaling are out of step with modern conservation approaches. New Zealand is working to remedy this.
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This is going to be a tough one to swallow. We had a chance to get right back in the region race. I guess it just wasn't meant to be.
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Burlington just came out really hard in the first quarter. We were playing pretty strong in the second half, but it was too late and we couldn't get the ball to the cage.