I became an actor because it was the only thing I could do. I didn’t have any friends, I didn’t fit in. But when I started acting everything in my life shifted and I felt happy.
By moving to London I removed myself from the madness of the entertainment industry. I love the city and the culture, and it was an opportunity to bring my children up in a more sane environment.
Having been Scully for such a long time, I have to prove myself in other roles.
Mads is such a talented actor – it’s almost like he wears his emotions on his sleeve, but not all the time – when he decides that he needs to, he has such access to his emotional life and it is just really incredible. He can do everything with just his eyes.
I’m actually very scared of sharks. I wanted to be a marine biologist when I was young, which may not have been compatible with that fear.
I hope everyone that is reading this is having a really good day.
People always ask if I was really voted Most Bizarre Girl in high school. But that one’s actually true. I was living in Michigan in a very conservative town and had a nose-ring and a shaved head and did kind of strange things.
Thinking man’s crumpet? Well, it’s more flattering than being a lobotomised man’s crumpet, I suppose...
You’re only given as much as you can handle at any given time. Whether it’s true or not, it gives you the strength.
I’m a massive fan of Sunshine. Oh my God, I love that film.
There is this view that if you are not tormented you cannot be vital and creative. I would like to think that is not true.
It is not a matter of being fearless. The fear is sometimes constant, but it’s about moving forward regardless of the fear. Courage means feeling the fear and doing it anyway.
We are all dying. Every single day that we are alive!
I’ve got huge tubs full of stuff that I can sell on eBay. If there are people out there that are interested, I want them to come my way and buy my jackets and hats and scripts that are signed by everybody.
My default is self-destruction, and anything on top of that is a bloody lot of work.
Vibration is always good. Sitting on top of the washing machine thats going.
So much of this world is based on illusion, temporaries, and disposability that I think it’s essential that our closest relationships reflect what is real.
Every now and then we’d meet up and reminisce about the characters. At the beginning, shortly after we started shooting, someone sent me some clips put together on youtube. It was the first time I’d seen something like that. “The intimate moments of Mulder and Scully.”
I always felt I wasn’t completely American and I wasn’t completely British: there was a feeling of having my feet in both places.
If I chose to have a nanny, I’d be able to pay to have a nanny – a lot of women don’t have that opportunity. I don’t feel like I’m a working single mom, because I have that option that a lot of people don’t have.
Directing was a transformative experience for me, one that I really enjoyed.