“I get them [auditions] from time to time, and I sometimes get auditions for big dramas, and I often think, well, I'm not going to get that part. This was a big surprise - it was The X-Files.” ThinkingWellsSometimesBigsDramaSurpriseAuditionsFilesX FilesBig Surprises Author:Rhys Darby
“I tried my best [on audition for X-Files], and it worked out. I got the part. So I was flabbergasted.” AuditionsFilesX Files Author:Rhys Darby
“I missed the whole thing [X-files series]. And I know it went for nine seasons, and I think I saw bits and pieces of it in maybe season seven or eight or something, and then was very busy doing whatever else, stand-up comedy and stuff throughout the world. Now I'm watching the show right from the beginning.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWholeShowsStuffBitsSawsComedyPiecesSeasonsSeriesSevenBusyEightNineFilesStand Up ComedyBits And PiecesX Files Author:Rhys Darby
“Now I'm a big fan [of X-files]. I had to see what all the fuss is about, and I love it.” BigsFansFilesX Files Author:Rhys Darby
“I've been to Loch Ness three times, I've done a fair amount of research on the Chupacabra and things like that, so I've actually done a bit of the sort of paranormal investigation that happens on this show [X-files].” DoneShowsHappensThreeBitsAmountResearchFairsParanormalInvestigationThree TimesFilesX Files Author:Rhys Darby
“I think that's one of the reasons people love The X-Files, because most people do believe that there's something else going on that we don't know, because life is just too bizarre to be the way it is.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayBelieveReasonLife IsBizarreFilesX Files Author:Rhys Darby
“For anyone who's a fan of the X-files show - I mean, I have the ultimate role. I got to deal with Mulder, I got to talk to him, I had a fight sequence with him. Really for anyone who is a fan of the show, I think I fulfilled a lot of young boys' dreams.” ThinkingMeanShowsDreamYoungFightingDealsBoysRolesFansUltimateFulfilledSequenceFilesX Files Author:Rhys Darby
“Luckily the script [of X-files episode] was written wonderfully and that became who I was and I was quirky, and I was kind of agitated and not entirely happy, but at the same time, witty.” KindWrittenScriptsWittyEpisodesFilesQuirkyX Files Author:Rhys Darby
“When I did The X-Files, there was certainly less of that because the script was as it was and it was such a wonderful script and it was quite complex and there wasn't a hell of a lot of improvising I could do to bring to the table, but I guess what I did bring was a sense of self and that the reason I was cast was because I did come across as someone who possibly was only human for a short time.” HumansSelfReasonHellWonderfulTablesComplexesScriptsCastsFilesSense Of SelfShort TimeImprovisingX Files Author:Rhys Darby
“I know as far as things like the Thunderbirds, there's a New Zealand connection. X-Files, my connection there... I mean, it could be zeitgeist. I mean, I'm into the paranormal. I have a podcast about cryptozoology. So it's out there that I'm into weird stuff.” KnowsMeanStuffConnectionsParanormalFilesNew ZealandZeitgeistX FilesWeird Stuff Author:Rhys Darby
