DAVID DUCHOVNY AND GILLIAN ANDERSON IN LA

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.@ederazzo introduced David and Gillian and now they are on stage. "I'm just going to figure it out" - says David

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Gillian has notecards, David is just going to "wing it"

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"When the series first ended" -- Gillian starts. "What series?" jokes David.

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"Is there one thing in particular about the series that you miss besides me?" asks Gillian. David says "the whole #XFiles family."

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Gillian says the first thing she did post-#XFiles that she had no time for while filming was "clean out my purse" #IBGConvo

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"People come up to me and say 'We worked on #XFiles [together] and I don't remember any of them," David jokes

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"You never remembered episodes!" David ribs Gillian.

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"It must have been so cool to play Mulder. He's a cool guy!" - Gillian

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"I have to be honest with you, I've never thought what it's like to play Scully but I have to say I would want your clothes after S3"
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Gillian brings up Mulder posing half-naked in front of the mirror. Huge cheers.

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"There were times when I was extremely funny" - Gillian Anderson is ON today.

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"You know in the pilot that wasn't even my butt!" Gillian drops bts info. "It's true, that was Mitch Pileggi's wife" - David says

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Gillian isn't too sure David is right but... #XFiles #IBGConvo
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Gillian asks if David ever finds himself doing something as Hank too similar to Mulder.

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"There was a time last year during the trial...where I said 'I feel like a f***king FBI agent'. That was my little homage." -David

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"Is anybody writing a script that you know of?" Gillian asks. David offers a very meek "yeah." But that's Chris Carter question.

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David says at this point he gets equal shouts for both Hank and Mulder. "I get Scully a lot," he smiles. "More than I'd like to"

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David wants to tell a story about the bank explosion episode of #XFiles but Gillian doesn't remember. "Was I there?" The crowd yells YEAH!


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"You were there, not believing a word!" David laughs.

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"I was crossing the street to go to the set & this homeless guy...he fell in walking w/me and said 'Robert Duchovny; I love your work'

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David says he has no input on Hank or his antics. "I don't get involved in that. How much input do you have in Hank?"

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Pause while both David and Gillian try to think of the most awkward, uncomfortable moment of filming during

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"I guess it was awkward when we finally had to kiss after all that time," offers David.

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"I'm beyond embarrassment at this point in my life" - David Duchovny says of awkward #Californication scenes

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"Slow down-- which is good advice when you're younger and you don't get it." - David Duchovny on Mr. Rogers, a teacher who influenced him

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"Give me like 12 set ups, not 20" - David Duchovny on how he worked with Robin Williams' on

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"He called me 'boss', and if you call me boss I'll pretty much let you do anything" - David Duchovny #HouseofD

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Gillian mentions a teacher she had who visited her in detention and inspired her to be better than she already was

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David Duchovny says Robin Williams just loves being there which is all you need as an actor. He appreciates it. #HouseofD

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"I still struggle with it," Gillian Anderson is candid, regarding not always loving being on set, how hard the work can be.

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"Some jobs I feel cost more than others and when they're costing a lot I think I actively work on gratitude" - Gillian Anderson

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One of David's most important life lessons? Attitude. For Gillian? It's slowing down. Copycat!

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"We forgot we weren't alone" - David Duchovny jokes after Gillian gets into deep thoughts.

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"I meditate more than I do physical yoga now." - David Duchovny. Gillian wants to know how long his practice is, when, etc.

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"I try to do it at home," David isn't quite sure where she's going with this. 25 or 30 minutes spent meditating in the morning.

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"I go through stages&I'm better for it when I do and then I just forget...I forget anything that's good for me!" Gillian Anderson

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"I think part of it is birthing three children and losing braincells" - Gillian Anderson

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"That implies you think with your vagina, doesn't it?" - David Duchovny, who doesn't buy it.

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David says there are many skills he'd like to learn before he dies but thus far has put many off-- guitar, ski (finally learned), surf etc

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Gillian says Chris learned a lot after #XFiles-- piano, fly a helicopter, etc. "I thought he was going to implode!"

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"He's the most interesting man in the world...we pale in comparison" - Gillian Anderson on Chris Carter

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David says he doesn't really have a writing routine and that's the problem. But he has a few scripts in the works.

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"The independent world is more difficult now than ever and they all kind of fall into the independent [genre]" - David Duchovny

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"Didn't you lose a script in a fire?" David asks Gillian. A terse "yes." "I would like to know how you did that!" David ribs.
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Gillian says she shows it to people and they say "No" and she gets depressed and doesn't touch it again for a few years.

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"Oh, 'Things We Lost in the Fire'," Gillian realizes. "Yeah?" David is confused. Wasn't he in a movie of that name?

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"No, not above anybody else," David says of a specific actor or director he'd want to work with.

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"I wish I could have been on Jonny Carson" - Gillian says. "Oh, me too!" David agrees.

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"You did 'Top Gear,' didn't you?" Gillian asks David. No, but he says he raced a Rascal once and beat Jeff Gordon.

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"It had nothing to do with my skill; I had the inside lane. They go about two miles an hour" - David Duchovny says

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"As Scully you did some driving...I seem to remember is when you looked over your shoulder, you looked over your [left]" - David

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"Pointing out my shortcomings," Gillian says. "It was unique," David clarifies

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Theatre was "really nervewracking" for David, not sure if it was what he expected it to be
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Gillian says she really hasn't done much theatre, some in college, some out, some in West End & then "me pretending I could do it" #IBGConvo

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David did enjoy his theatre experience. He says you really have to love the play you're doing; he'd like to try a lighter comedy.

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David was being courted for #GodofCarnage but thought it might be kind of thankless to step in at the point he was asked.

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David brings up the first table read for #XFiles, probably to test Gillian. She asks if it was in Vancouver, then "How did it go?"

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"I have these very selective, very vivid, sort of weird flashes of memories from that time" - David Duchovny

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David asks Gillian for five memories from "The Vancouver years." "We have a dead body in front of us-- no, a live body" "You mean a person?"

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Gillian says there was a maggot trying to crawl out of an eyesocket and in between takes, she'd try to pick it out.

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And there was a time David threw a handful of rice at Gillian and she thought it was maggots.

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"Why was there rice there?" - David "Because you asked for rice and they were like 'Yes, Mr. Duchovny!'

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(Rice should look like maggots from far away, David explains how TV cheats)

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"The scene in the pilot with rain" - Gillian also remembers. Because it was super cold and her lips wouldn't move right.

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"Doing that scene in the bedroom" Gillian pauses. "Oh my God that was so poorly acted by me!" David exclaims.

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"We both got so much better," David says of their acting ability. Gillian wonders how anyone watched the pilot and picked it up.

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Gillian says in the early days she didn't know how to play authoritative without playing cocky

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"It's like home movies," says David. "We were both learning in front of the whole world and getting paid to do it."

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"But there were how many other people watching?" Gillian says. "I wish I could burn those early episodes!" David admits.

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The scene in the #XFiles movie where Mulder and Scully were going to kiss but had to stop kept making them laugh bc Chris kept yelling "BEE"

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Chris Carter is now getting miced and is about to take the stage alongside David and Gillian!

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Gillian starts by asking Chris the same first question she asked David: "Are you more likely to be called Hank or Mulder?"

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"How come I've never been offered a guest role on #Californication?" Gillian asks David. Fans cheer so loud he doesn't know how to answer

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"Uh, we can't afford you?" David replies. "I'd do it for free, babe," Gillian retorts.

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"But honestly I don't think we could ever work together aside from what we did" - David says. Too iconic a pairing. Fans disagree.

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"Wouldnt it be funny if I came on as a different character..& I hate you?" Gillian's really pitching herself for #Californication

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"Wouldnt it be funny if I came on as a different character..& I hate you?" Gillian's really pitching herself for #Californication

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It is now the open floor portion of the evening where fans can ask questions.

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While fans line up Chris and Gillian and David are chatting. Wonder what they're plotting....

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First fan question is about Ms. Haversham for Gillian. She does want David questions first since he has to leave soon.

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"[Ms Haversham]'s heart has been broken 15 yrs previously b/c the person she was set to marry said he didn't want to..." Gillian #IBGConvo

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"...We made her younger. She kind of ages as we see her over 7 years...She has not moved on..." - Gillian on Ms. Haversham

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"She's raising a young girl to break men's hearts the same way her heart was broken." Gillian says she had amazing wigs, silver white hair.


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Would David consider directing the #Californication series finale? "Sure! I would direct more of them if I could prep them."
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David only takes the 1st or 2nd ep of season so he has prep time. But #Supernatural moves shooting order around for Jensen Ackles so...

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David says #Californication is not really a plot driven show but S5 is exciting-- two and a half years after last year.

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Hank is back in Hollywood, but is he back on top?

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Where has Gillian not visited that she'd love to visit or work? "I actually haven't traveled that much of the world [at all]," she says.

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Gillian would like to visit Vietnam and Laos and Cambodia someday

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If Gillian had to live the rest of her life as a character she played..."I played a woman who committed suicide, so..."

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David Duchovny says "it'd have to be Mulder." Right answer with this crowd!
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David tells a story bout having to lie under leaves for a scene,wearing 4 prs of underwear & being freezing. He thought it wasnt a good job!

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"You'll be hearing from my lawyer," David jokes to Chris after Chris recalls a scene with a big fire.

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"They didn't know how valuable you were back then,"Gillian says "Well, I hadn't been there that long, so I didn't piss anyone off"

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Chris Carter says that looking back, there's one thing he would do different but he won't say what it is... Tease!

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Gillian asks if David knows what it could be. "I have no f***ing clue!"

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David mentions Gillian's pregnancy, and she jokes that she doesn't remember that.

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"The mythology was really set up in #DeepThroat...there was a trail we were following but the pregnancy actually gave it direction" - Chris

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"So well done" - David

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David Duchovny has to leave now but Gillian&Chris are sticking around for more convo + autographs & photos for VIP ticket holders

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Before he leaves David takes the fan mic. "Who's your favorite actor?"

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"There was this young guy in the early 90s who used to be really cute. All I remember about him is this red Speedo. Robert...?" - Gillian

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"I would work for free for a chance to work with..."Dangerous question when Twitter will hold you to it! Chris says Paris Hilton

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Chris Carter wants to write David and Gillian to play Lucy & Ricky.
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"The network was not going to kill the show. It only ended in S9 because the mood of the country had changed..."

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"No one was interested in conspiracy theories anymore. I think it ended when it needed to end," - Chris Carter

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Gillian says she'd be jealous if in 20 years she saw someone else playing Dana Scully during an #XFiles remake.

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"It would be very strange...and I have no doubt that at some point...that question will be put forward" - Chris Carter

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The fans are NOT on board with an #XFiles remake, just FYI. Loud "NOs" in this room.

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"We always said we'd never run out of stories, but it would be hard for someone to come back and reboot that television show" - Chris

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"I'd be jealous...I may have to go kill them." Anderson says on someone else playing Scully if the show gets rebooted in 20 years


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"If anything, it would be a movie." - Chris Carter. The fans literally say they agree aloud in the back of the ballroom

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A fan tells Gillian&Chris she has been watching since junior high. Chris says he was on a surf trip w/ kid who said "My mom loved your show"
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"What episode was that?" Gillian on #ABreakofNoon. She was only half kidding. She forgot about David play for a minute.

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Did Gillian Anderson just say she wants to work with Meryl Streep!? Someone green-light that movie! #

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"I need to find something I can connect w/in some way before I'll say yes to something" - Gillian on playing unlikeable characters #IBGConvo

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"Is there any #XFiles 3 movie in the works? What took so long for this to be asked!? What a surprise, Gillian jokes

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"There's been a lot of talk about it. Not to people you need to talk to in the end," Chris points out.

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Gillian asks Chris what it would take, and he says it's a matter of convincing FOX. Now what can they do about it? Fans, rally!

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Gillian asks to start a serious, worldwide petition. Trend it on Twitter?

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"It could still come out at the end of 2012 if we got it started early enough." - Gillian says. Chris adds "it's getting there"

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"Don't give up" - Chris tells the audience. Everyone claps.

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There are people who flew in from Canada, Spain, England, etc just for @IBGInc's event. Chris is completely blown away. #IBGConvo

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Chris Carter says it's testament to Mulder and Scully how many fans are still moved by the show, even after being off air so long

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It is now a thing for everyone to tell the panel how old they were when they started watching. It's kinda funny!

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"Why did you get rid of the baby in S9?" "What else were we supposed to do?" Gillian laughs.

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Fan wants the baby to come back in the third #XFiles movie. Chris says that's been discussed.

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"William, right?" Gillian asks. Everyone claps.

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Chris says #XFiles 3 would be a mythology movie, you know, what with 2012 coming up. He even has a good release date in mind...

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Thoughs on a #Millenium movie? Chris says a fan group is leading the campaign but Chris can't imagine it would happen on the big screen.

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I would love it if someone asked why Gillian "only does classics" now, as she joked yesterday at #Encore's #MobyDick #CTAM presentation.

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"I can't guess what [Helena Bonham Carter] would do," Gillian says of the 2 versions of #GreatExpectations.

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Gillian imagines she will be excited and surprised and can't wait to see "how much better mine is," she jokes.

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If Gillian could go back in time and give her old self advice, it'd be "to not worry so much; to trust more; to trust live & how it unfolds"

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#IBGConvo: Gillian Anderson: "I wish someone at that time had said to me 'You are so lucky, and take a minute to sit back and think about what you really want to do...what you really want your life to look like

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Also, Gillian says if she could advise young women today: "Stop. Do what it is that you want to do" ie don't follow a guy! #IBGConvo

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Gillian Anderson did not know there was an #XFiles parody porn. She does now. "I need to get me some of that!"

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Gillian asks if anyone has seen it and how the actor who plays Scully is. She wants to start a petition...2012, you guys!

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"OR what if we do the porn version for #XFiles three!? That's it! With William!" Gillian IS a writer, you guys

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Gillian's dad told her not to be an actor but to learn word processing instead.

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Gillian considers it good advice because she could have actually made money in college while pursuing acting.

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Chris Carter's best advice was from his parents: "You don't know what a hard day of work is."

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Q&A is now over. There will be a brief break and then VIP ticket holders will be able to get autographs & pictures.

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So far @IBGInc has raised over $32,000 for SA-Yes. And more to come with auctions starting on Monday!