It's hard to find scripts that know what they are from page one to page 115.

The key is to get to know people and trust them to be who they are. Instead, we trust people to be who we want them to be - and when they're not, we cry.

Part of being an actor is letting things come about organically as opposed to forcing them.

I think patience is a skill and I wish I had it.

Action is pretty boring to do as an actor. Action and sex scenes are silly because it's all faking.

Every time Mulder smiles, people say, 'God, it was great to see you smile. Mulder never smiles.' I say, 'Mulder smiles a whole lot. He smiles at least once a show.' People get these ideas in their heads and they're impossible to shake. But, to be honest with you, Mulder is every bit as vulnerable and quirky as Ally McBeal. I think Mulder has pretty good legs, too.

If I were gay, you know. I think Woody Allen is one of a long list of men I might go gay for.