Virginia Madsen Quotes

Now I'm a big fan [of X-files]. I had to see what all the fuss is about, and I love it.

Everybody had their fans and they were fans of all of them.

I've met so many fans of daytime television who've watched the shows with their moms and grandmas and feel like they've known the characters their whole lives. It's sad for them to have to say goodbye to their favorite soaps and characters. We don't want that to happen to the 'Days' fans.

I only went to one Star Trek convention and that was in the late '80s. I hadn't gone to a convention before that. It was quite amusing, with the people dressed up and all of that.

We're comic book fans; we're huge NASCAR fans.

I go to these horror conventions all the time, and these audiences get so deep into it. They've pulled apart every movie fifty ways from Sunday.

You can't sit here and try to predict what kind of character I'm going to be drawn to next. At the time when I read 'The Girl on the Train,' it wasn't like I was, 'Ooh, I want to play a hot mess next.'

I've been such a fan of American TV.

Fandom is amazing.

'Psych' is a cult show, and anytime a show takes on a cult status, it means that the fans are a huge part of it.

A mother will come up to me and say, 'Will you meet my son? He loves you. He watched 'How to Train Your Dragon' a thousand times.'

It was humbling to see how many fans there are of 'Serenity.' It's like an underground fan base.

I've followed Tegan and Sara's music for quite a while, and I've been a fan of them and what they do and what they stand for. We've run into each other at one or two festivals over the years, and I kind of fanned out on them.

I don't really have a specific formula I follow to find the right script or role. It's always just very instinctive.

I have never fanned out at all, actually. I mean, there's only a few people that I have fanned out about before: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, pretty much anyone from 'Star Wars.' But I don't usually fan out at all, just because they're all people just doing their jobs. It's exciting because they do very good work!

Sci-fi fans are so interested in your character and so attached to the world that you've created.

I think you can become a 'Star Wars' fan at any point in time in your life.

It takes a certain kind of person who loves 'Star Trek' to bring it to life.

I think the first 'Hellraiser' is a work of genius.

If I was someone who wanted to do just love-interest roles then I'd be in a difficult position. But thankfully I'm someone who likes to do things that are edgy and different.

For me, my first fandom was 'Star Wars.'

I only take up roles that really appeal to me, and like to break the rules as an actress.

I am not anybody's fan - unless you're talking about Rajinikanth.

We went to Comic-Con and there were people dressed up as the characters. There's a whole canon of Ninjago history that I didn't even know about until the process of making the movie had started. Especially at Comic-Con, I realized that people really, really care about this, and I hope they like it because it's meaningful to them. It did actually change my feelings about it.

That idea of comparison is what fans do. That's why fans exist. They believe in something and something connects to them, and they have passionate feelings and opinions about films.