What's the best prank you've every
perpetrated?
I'm not a real prankster. I'm a
prankster of the moment, they're not elaborately thought out. I didn't
go in with the purpose of putting food in his pocket, it was just,
"Here we are, there's his clothes, let's put food in his
pocket." Bingo.
What was his reaction?
He told me he found out a couple of
weeks later. He was going to go out to get ice cream with his girlfriend
and she had on his jacket and reached into the pocket to get some money
and came out with a handful of mashed potatoes. So actually, it had a
good payoff in the end.
Were you the butt of jokes as a
child?
Nope, I don't think so. I had an older
brother, so I was definitely the butt of something, but he wasn't a real
prankster.
Have you ever taken revenge upon
anybody?
In that way? No, but I was scared Seann
was going to avenge himself and I took to locking my trailer. I knew he
was waiting, he's still waiting. It's almost better to be the victim
when the victimizer knows you're going to get back at them.
Have you ever assumed an alias? What
was it?
Oh, yeah. I won't give it up. The point
of an alias is you're an alias.
What's your favorite sleeping
position?
Eyes closed. (Laughs)
Where is the strangest place you've ever woken up?
That's a good question. When I was in
high school, I'd take the subway to school and used to fall asleep to
and from sometimes. I remember waking up and not knowing I was in the
subway and being a little shocked not knowing what all these people were
doing there, thinking I was in my bed at home.
Do you watch the X-Files
episodes that you're not in?
Sometimes, if I'm home. If I have
control of the remote. But The Sopranos came on this year and
everybody started watching The Sopranos. I'd say I've seen 80
percent of all X-Files.
Even though you were leaving, were
you secretly crushed when Robert Patrick scored so well with viewers?
I wanted the show to continue and
everyone to have a job. I wish them all success.
Do you ever worry you might someday
be like Shelley Long, who left Cheers after five years thinking
it was near the finish?
I'm not leaving because I think the
show is ending, the show could go on for 20 years, but it wouldn't make
me want to be on it. I'm sure Shelley Long would say the same thing. She
made a creative decision I don't know her, never spoken to her. I
think X-Files is like Menudo, they could plug anybody in there.
Are you friends again with X-Files
creator Chris Carter now that the lawsuit is over?
It wasn't that we weren't friends, but
the lawsuit was about business. It didn't make us friendlier to be
involved with the suit, but we worked together the whole time. We've
always talked.
