I think Mulder is the worst FBI agent in the world. He spends millions of dollars investigating these paranormal phenomena and never comes up with any evidence. He's the Kenneth Starr of the FBI.

I will read biographies or autobiographies while I'm writing, but mostly I put books in a to-read queue, like Rachel Cusk's new novel, "Outline."

As we age, there are different things that become important to us and that means that different aspects of our character come to the forefront; certain aspects recede. And that's fun. It would be shitty to have to imitate myself.

Garry Shandling is someone I've publicly gone gay for, for jokes. Oh and anyone in the Twilight movies. I don't know any of their names, but all of them. The wolves, the vampires? They're all fantastic.

I mean, you always want everybody to pat you on the back and tell you you're wonderful every time you do something; I think that's human nature.

It seems unlikely that we're alone in the universe. But I'm pretty sure nobody's hiding any contact.

Approaching a part or thinking about taking a part, I never think, 'Is that person like me?'