This is from the videos of XF episodes that they sell- they always have these little interviews at the beginning of the tape. I'm sorry about not getting the interview for E.B.E (which is an awesome ep, and on the same tape as well), but it wasn't my tape, and I had to give it back... and sorry if this isn't word-for-word, but it should come pretty close!
A private conversation
with Chris Carter
creator of the X-Files
(Various scenes from various episodes are shown, pilot, etc, as CC.)
CC: Really what you see with the X-Files each week is really what I had in mind, believe it or not… it’s pretty true to the original vision. I had this idea of Mulder’s character having had an experience in his childhood that only became clear to him later on, which was the abduction of his sister, which could have been a kidnapping, but which he believed may have been an abduction by an extraterrestrial force. Scully is an interesting character because she had been to med school but had opted not to practice. It’s a big commitment in her life and she had decided to turn a corner that wasn’t (un?)anticipated, probably by her, and certainly by her parents, and saw that as an interesting part of Scully’s character.
Beyond the Sea
Original Air date-1/7/94
(Various scenes from Beyond the Sea are shown while CC speaks)
CC: Beyond the Sea is my favorite episode from the first season for a number of reasons. The writers of that episode, Glen Morgan and James Wong, had pitched me the idea that I liked a lot about the death of Scully’s father which is a big leap, but the channeling of Scully’s dead father through this death row prisoner, I felt, was a really interesting way to turn the tables on the characters.
"Thanksgiving Dinner…"
CC: The character of Luther Lee Boggs played by Brad Dourif, was, I think, certainly the most interesting portrayal of the first season. The truth is that we almost didn’t get Brad Dourif for the part. You’ve got to pay a little more money for him. The studio was resistant, reluctant to do that. I ended up calling Peter Roth, the guy I originally pitched the idea of the X-Files to. I called him at home on Thanksgiving evening, he was
sitting with his family eating Thanksgiving dinner, and I think
just to get me off the phone, just to get me out of his hair, he
said yes to the idea, and we spent a little more money and got
what I felt was a tour-de-force acting job out of Brad Dourif.
"Looking for a song…"
That was Glen Morgan, I believe, looking for a song to that was
to play against the mood of the funeral.
It was I thought a really eerie song to have as playing over a funeral, which is of course a really solemn moment, and ends up becoming of course very important to the story, because it’s the song that Luther Lee Boggs sings to Scully to make her believe that he's channeling her dead father.