Michael McKean Quotes

I was such a huge fan of 'The X-Files.'

I like science a whole bunch, but I love 'The X-Files' more - I want to believe.

My daughter, when she was younger, was crazy about 'The X-Files,' so I'd watch that with her.

I loved 'The X-Files.'

Honestly, I would love to be friends with Fox Mulder on 'The X-Files.' That's almost a little too obvious, but that would be my answer. I'd love to hang out with him.

I like 'X-Files'-type shows with government conspiracies and extraterrestrials and all that.

'The X-Files' from the beginning was a very visual show, and with Bob Mandel directing the pilot and Dan Sackheim being involved in the production of the pilot and directing the first episode, they brought a visual style to it that was elaborated on by so many good directors.

I'm a huge sci-fi geek, and I also really get into all of the alien shows on the History Channel where you see air force pilots talking about UFOs - I love that stuff.

I've spent a lot of time researching the subject and government deception. So to be involved in Star Trek is perfect for me. I enjoy meeting the fans and discussing my interests with them.

'Doctor Who' is where my love of science fiction and fantasy started. I was introduced to it when I was 8, and I'm still an avid viewer.

I was a massive fan of 'Twin Peaks.' Massive. I don't know how any of us grew up in this age of television and weren't astounded, and saying that, I'm still shocked that that was on network television.

I've always enjoyed shows like 'The X-Files,' where you're on the edge of your seat and you're so invested in these characters.

I hadn't realised what an institution 'Doctor Who' is.

I'm English, and 'Doctor Who' was this thing that I've been watching since I was three.

Really, some of the best 'X-Files' stories come right out of science. And you just apply that 'what-if' idea. Oh, what if this were true? And that's why so many times the show is scarier because it was not necessarily improbable.

They ask questions like 'do you believe in aliens' and those types of things. They were really interested in aliens, and that was really something that the Japanese have an interest in, and they are also very big fans of romances.

In England, 'Doctor Who' has always been considered a children's show, at least by children.

I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.

Well, the whole history of Star Trek is the market demand.

When I was a kid, 'Star Wars' was it. Like, it's in your DNA. I'm old enough to have seen the original one.

People who believe in flying saucers are the scrapings from the bottom.

People would say I really loved Buck Rogers until the Hawk guy came on.

St. Elsewhere was certainly a great show.

'Star Trek' put sci-fi on the map and changed television, and 'Battlestar' has changed it in another direction by making it a little more mainstream and acceptable to people who wouldn't normally watch sci-fi.

Audience response to The Man From U.N.C.L.E. back in the '60s - well, I was frankly surprised by the show's success and the attendant publicity for David and myself.