I've been playing the same character on Supernatural for the past nine years and while that character has gone through a lot of different iterations, it's nice to step out and just do something altogether different.

Misha Collins

Categorized in : Past Character Nice

Be kind to yourself so you can be happy enough to be kind to the world.

Misha Collins

be-kind enough world

Don't pressure yourself. Don't worry about what others think you should do or what the societal "norm" is. Do what moves you and makes you smile and the "good" will follow.

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worry moving thinking

Even small acts of kindness can make a profound difference to somebody else.

Misha Collins

small-acts differences kindness

I want to live in a world where 'normal' is an insult.

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normal want world

We are bound only by the limits of our imaginations.

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maple-syrup limits imagination

Angels are totally real. Tinkerbell has a hot ass. Wendigos exist. It's all true. Satan is blonde. True fact.

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blonde angel real

I am passionate about tea, running, the idea that we are bound only by the limits of our imaginations, and maple syrup.

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imagination running ideas

Perhaps I shifted from "me" to "we" when I realized that "I" could get a lot more done with "us."

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i-realized done

Do what moves you and makes you smile and the "good" will follow.

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make-you-smile good-will moving

I actually think that the most efficacious way of making a difference is to lead by example, and doing random acts of kindness is setting a very good example of how to behave in the world.

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differences kindness thinking

Helping others pulls us out of our own problems. And so does dressing up like frogs and playing leap frog in a Starbucks. Who would've known.

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dressing-up helping-others doe

I had a moment when I first got on Supernatural when I was like, omg, people are paying attention to me and I have fans, maybe I should cultivate an image and like try to seem really cool. I had this sort of moment of being commercially self conscious, and it took me maybe a month to realize, no, this is just not fucking who I am... Here's a picture of me in drag, fuck it - which is, by the way, so much more liberating and relaxing... There's not a more surefire way to give a stifled boring empty vapid meaningless piece of interview. Everything that comes out of your mouth sucks if you're trying to say the right thing...

Misha Collins

self fire people

I'm just trying to remember what self-respect feels like. It's a fading memory.

Misha Collins

self trying memories

I've always had a fascination with hugging (I'm not really particular about who or what it is I'm embracing as long as there's a “squish” factor).

Misha Collins

hug fascination long

If God is watching your every move, you should probably straighten up your act a little bit.

Misha Collins

should littles moving

It's fun to see people blow through their own perceived limitations.

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blow fun people

I suppose "giving without expecting anything in return" isn't something new, but it always pushes your happy button when you do it or see it.

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buttons return giving

It warms the cockles of my heart. Words chosen carefully.

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cockles my-heart heart

When I was in high school, I liked to pretend that I was a Russian foreign exchange student. I would do things like go into a pizza restaurant and tell them Id never had pizza before, and theyd bring me into the kitchen and show me how to make an American pizza. Its really fun.

Misha Collins

kitchen fun school

I'm feeling pretty good. A lot of people don't know this, but I am not currently in prison, which feels great.

Misha Collins

prison feelings people