Working on Drive, a lot of fun. This is Tim Minear whom I've worked with before on Firefly of course. He called me up and said I've got a part for you that you will love and I love Tim's writing. I love his stories. I love his characters, his dialogue. He has a knack for reveals and he has a knack for moments.

Nathan Fillion

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It costs nothing to say something kind. Even less to shut up altogether.

Nathan Fillion

shut-up cost kind

I don't expect anybody to know who I am.

Nathan Fillion

you-dont-know-me who-i-am knowing

I think it's a dance that people want to see. It's a chemistry that people want to see. In the same way that people don't want to see a perfect hero with no flaws who can handle anything, people don't want to see a perfect relationship. There's nothing interesting about that. People want to see you fail.

Nathan Fillion

hero people thinking

My worst day is still a really good day. I complain, but I catch myself and count my blessings. I am truly blessed.

Nathan Fillion

good-day blessed blessing

I like to say there's certain things you can't take back: One of them is 'I love you,' and one of them is bullets.

Nathan Fillion

i-love-you bullets love-you

Improv as an actor makes you present in the moment. You listen, you're attentive. You're not acting so much as reacting, which is what you're doing in life all the time.

Nathan Fillion

actors acting moments

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

able laughing people

Do something today you've been afraid to do. A decision based on fear is the wrong decision.

Nathan Fillion

wrong-decision decision today

Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'

Nathan Fillion

reading kings kids

I'm the kind of guy who, I need a watch that tells me what day it is. I need to know it's Friday on my watch. I need to look at it and go, 'Friday today.' Tomorrow I will not know it's Saturday until I look at my watch. My watchband broke, I was crippled. I have no concept of time, I have no concept of dates.

Nathan Fillion

friday guy today

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 people moving

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 looks thinking

I'm the biggest geek of all. Adventure, fantasy, comic books - I can't get enough.

Nathan Fillion

geek adventure book

It's a thrill to be a fan amongst fans.

Nathan Fillion

thrill fans

It's so great in Hollywood now. You have people past 40 sitting and talking about serious stuff, writing and making movies and TV, but there's laser pistols and superheroes and alien monsters involved. It's viable and mainstream.

Nathan Fillion

writing talking past

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

done jobs people

I think my printing to this day looks like the printing right out of a comic book. Actually, I always wanted to be in a comic book. I watched cartoons when I was a kid, too, and both comics and cartoons lit fire in my imagination. This realm holds a lot of interest for me, a lot of passion for me. So to be comic-ized, yeah, that's cool.

Nathan Fillion

passion kids book

The trick is, when you grow up, find work that feels like play.

Nathan Fillion

tricks growing-up play

I love when a TV show, or entertainment in general, makes me feel something; be it positive, be it negative, be it happiness, be it awkward, uncomfortable if it can make me feel, it's done it's job.

Nathan Fillion

tv-shows awkward jobs

I love doing 'Castle.' We pump out 24 episodes in 10 months, and we work long hours. We do lots and lots of takes, and everyone there is a talent machine. It is a taxing endeavour to say the least, but when you get into a groove, it doesn't matter if you're tired, it doesn't matter if you're sick. You can do it.

Nathan Fillion

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