In the U.S., oddly, we have images of men as arrogant and aggressive.

If you're smart, you'll always be humble. You can learn all you want, but there'll always be somebody who's never read a book who'll know twice what you know.

I lost my virginity when I was 14. And I haven't been able to find it.

I really like gratuitous nudity. I hate when people go, 'I'll only do it if it makes sense for the movie'. It never makes sense. So I like it - the more gratuitous the better.

One of the great things about doing series television is the guest actors that you can have come on and play around with.

We like to keep the sexual tension underplayed, especially between the Smoking Man and me. Once we thought he was my father . . . it got more interesting.

I've got huge tubs full of X-Files memorobilia that I can sell on eBay.