Fame does lead to money, which I don't have a close relationship with. I'm the kind of guy who never sees the money - it all goes somewhere else. I don't understand it, I don't like to deal with it. I have a fear of not having it, because I grew up without it.

In the final episode of the series he performed a parody of Sharon Stone's 'flashing' scene from Basic Instinct and a parody of "Dr. He had a recurring role as a transvestite DEA agent on the series Twin Peaks and played the narrator/host in the long-running Showtime erotica/softcore TV series Red Shoe Diaries. In 2000 he starred in the feature film Return to Me a romantic comedy/drama directed by Bonnie Hunt and co-starring Minnie Driver and Carroll O'Connor.

He is best known for playing Fox Mulder on The X-Files and Hank Moody on Californication both of which have earned him Golden Globe awards.