I'm the one usually wearing the dress, which is what I would've preferred, but they wouldn't let me. It's been 15 years since I did that and my ass isn't as good as it used to be.

What I liked about Mulder was his quality of not caring what other people thought of him. He was very independent. He wasn't interested in women. I liked that. He had kind of an intellectual quest, but not a sexual quest. That was the challenge of Mulder. Here was a guy that got almost sexually excited about aliens. And I wanted to be able to do that!

It's not someone else's responsibility to honor my marriage. It's my responsibility.

Patrick Stewart was the first internet sex symbol without hair but pileggi always thought it was him.

If you have Darwin, Christ and Nietzsche, they're all going to talk at once. You need somebody who listens.

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

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