Latest Nathan Fillion Quotes from Interviews

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• I have jobs that I've preferred more than others simply because I've gotten to meet and make friends with great people. I've pulled at least one very close friend from every project I've done.

  Nathan Fillion

  Jobs, People, Done

  "Sundance Interview: Nathan Fillion on Waitress and Firefly!". Interview with Alex Billington, www.firstshowing.net. January 30, 2007.

• I don't have 4 or 5 projects in front of me and an offer on every one saying 'what one would you like to do?' Things come along one at a time.

  Nathan Fillion

  Projects, Offers, Fronts

  "Sundance Interview: Nathan Fillion on Waitress and Firefly!". Interview with Alex Billington, www.firstshowing.net. January 30, 2007.

• What draws me to roles, I think, are moments - moments that define character, where so much more of the story is told in just a moment - a look, a line, a short scene, but something that speaks a volume, something that speaks to me.

  Nathan Fillion

  Character, Thinking, Roles

  "Sundance Interview: Nathan Fillion on Waitress and Firefly!". Interview with Alex Billington, www.firstshowing.net. January 30, 2007.

• When I watch TV I can tell when someone is punching the joke and telling me when to laugh (I’ll decide when to laugh, thank you very much).

  Nathan Fillion

  Laughing, Watches, Tvs

  ""White Noise 2" Set Visit: Hanging With Nathan Fillion, Plus The First "White Noise 2" Set Photos!". Interview with Senh Duong and Phu Bui-Quang, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. May 2, 2006.

• The secret to comedy is not playing the comedy, but actually playing the situation, playing the drama of it.

  Nathan Fillion

  Drama, Secret, Comedy

  ""White Noise 2" Set Visit: Hanging With Nathan Fillion, Plus The First "White Noise 2" Set Photos!". Interview with Senh Duong and Phu Bui-Quang, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. May 2, 2006.

• My job changes very little because I've found that the more you try to be funny, the less funny you become.

  Nathan Fillion

  Jobs, Trying, Littles

  ""White Noise 2" Set Visit: Hanging With Nathan Fillion, Plus The First "White Noise 2" Set Photos!". Interview with Senh Duong and Phu Bui-Quang, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. May 2, 2006.

• I want to be a working actor; I want to do jobs that excite me and challenge me, and I want to something fun.

  Nathan Fillion

  Jobs, Fun, Challenges

  ""White Noise 2" Set Visit: Hanging With Nathan Fillion, Plus The First "White Noise 2" Set Photos!". Interview with Senh Duong and Phu Bui-Quang, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. May 2, 2006.

• I tried my hand at writing, I tried to write out a little script - and it's not too bad. Mostly, though, it let me understand how incredibly difficult that job is. I can't even imagine doing it on a weekly basis for a series in any way. That's tough. I think I'll try to leave that to smarter people than me.

  Nathan Fillion

  Jobs, Writing, Thinking

  "Nathan Fillion Inteview - WONDER WOMAN". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. January 28, 2009.

• With scheduling and the way projects come up, I take the first thing that interests me and that moves me. If it's going to be fun, if I'm going to have a good time, and I'm going to enjoy the people I'm with, then that's a good enough reason to do it.

  Nathan Fillion

  Fun, Moving, People

  Interview with Tony 'G-Man' Guerrero, comicvine.gamespot.com. January 28, 2009.

• I enjoy the art, and I enjoy drawing. I think my printing to this day looks like the printing right out of a comic book.

  Nathan Fillion

  Art, Book, Thinking

  Interview with Tony 'G-Man' Guerrero, comicvine.gamespot.com. January 28, 2009.

• I think people imagine that I have about five scripts sitting in front of me and I say, 'I think I'm going to go with the super hero thing and after that I'll wrap it up with some more sci-fi and then do a romantic comedy.' But it doesn't quite work out that way.

  Nathan Fillion

  Hero, Thinking, People

  "Nathon Fillion talks about playing Steve Trevor in “Wonder Woman”". The CBR Interview, www.cbr.com. January 28, 2009.

• People keep inviting me back. It's nice to work with the same people when you've had a good time previously, and this is one of those cases.

  Nathan Fillion

  Nice, People, Good Times

  "Nathon Fillion talks about playing Steve Trevor in “Wonder Woman”". CBR Interview, www.cbr.com. January 28, 2009.

• I think maybe, if I could be a Canadian super hero, I'd have some kind of freezing power and some sort of maple syrup weapon. Could be a little sticky.

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  Hero, Thinking, Maple Syrup

  "Nathan Fillion Dishes on Being Steve Trevor in Wonder Woman". Movieweb Interview, www.movieweb.com. January 28, 2009.

• My mother always tells me, 'Nathan, you're very much a geek, but your strength is that you look mainstream. So no one can tell just by looking at you.' I think this is true.

  Nathan Fillion

  Mother, Thinking, Looks

  "Nathon Fillion talks about playing Steve Trevor in “Wonder Woman”". CBR Interview, www.cbr.com. January 28, 2009.

• I always wanted to be an actor, but in Edmonton, Alberta, that's not a success-oriented career. So I said, 'I'll get my (teaching) degree and then I'll see what happens, but I'll always have that to fall back on.' So if anybody were to look at me and say, 'Oh, you're an actor,' I could always say, 'Hey man, I'm a teacher!'

  Nathan Fillion

  Teacher, Fall, Teaching

  "Nathan Fillion Dishes on Being Steve Trevor in Wonder Woman". Movieweb Interview, www.movieweb.com. January 28, 2009.

• I slowly came to realize that this job of being an actor, you spend most of your time looking for work. That is your job. Your job is auditioning. You spend very little of your time actually working.

  Nathan Fillion

  Jobs, Actors, Littles

  Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. March 9, 2009.

• When you work on a soap opera, that's three years of you working every day. There was no time to do anything other than the soap opera - you're locked in.

  Nathan Fillion

  Years, Three, Opera

  Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. March 9, 2009.

• I realized, dumb people don't know they're dumb. When people try to make me laugh and they try to be funny, that's when they lose me. I find a lot of comedy in honesty.

  Nathan Fillion

  Honesty, People, Laughing

  Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. March 9, 2009.

• What turned me on to comedy was - well, first of all, I like being able to laugh, I like people who can make me laugh.

  Nathan Fillion

  People, Laughing, Able

  Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. March 9, 2009.

• The nature of the beast is, art needs finance. That's how this industry works.

  Nathan Fillion

  Art, Needs, Finance

  Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. March 9, 2009.

• I don't spend a lot of time online.

  Nathan Fillion

  Online

  Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. March 9, 2009.

• I want my job to include a little adventure, a little more of a heightened reality than what I'm actually living.

  Nathan Fillion

  Jobs, Adventure, Reality

  Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. March 9, 2009.

• I have a cat. I'm not a cat-person, but she came with the house that I'm renting. I don't know how many hundreds of dollars worth of bump removals, teeth removals, cleanings and vet fees I've been through. But of course I love her and she's worth it.

  Nathan Fillion

  Cat, House, Teeth

  "Waitress - Nathan Fillion interview" by Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.

• I think that acting can be a very pressurized existence. So when I'm not working, I spend very loose and unpressurized time and I like to meet people who have a similar attitude.

  Nathan Fillion

  Attitude, Thinking, People

  "Waitress - Nathan Fillion interview". Interview with Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.

• I live in Los Angeles and I like to do a lot of hiking. I live a very relaxed life.

  Nathan Fillion

  Hiking, Los Angeles, Relaxed

  Interview with Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.