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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The experience of seeing a surf movie in the 1970s, as a teenager, and the energy in those theatres, was amazing. It was the only way to see people surfing. These guys would go out and make these surf movies and bring them to four-wall theatres. It was an incredible experience that I'll never forget.
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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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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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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 get there. When people say, 'You should create a bible for your show,' I say, 'You don't want a bible. It'll prevent you from making discoveries along the way.' And that's what happened on 'The X-Files.'
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'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 were buying, and at the beginning, they wanted us to have closure. They wanted us to put the cuffs on the bad guy at the end of each episode.
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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.