61+ Nathan Fillion Quotes On Marriage, Office And Rookie
Nathan Fillion is an actor best known for his roles in the television series Firefly, Castle, and Desperate Housewives. He also had a major role in the movie Slither and has appeared in many other films and television shows. Fillion is a popular figure in the geek culture and is often involved in various fan conventions. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Nathan Fillion on marriage, love, life.
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Top 10 Nathan Fillion Quotes
- My worst day is still a really good day. I complain, but I catch myself and count my blessings. I am truly blessed.
- 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.
- Do something today you've been afraid to do. A decision based on fear is the wrong decision.
- 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.
- 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.
- I want my job to include a little adventure, a little more of a heightened reality than what I'm actually living.
- It's a thrill to be a fan amongst fans.
- I'm living in Los Angeles, I'm in films and I'm on television, and I'm working with actors and telling stories. I'm living the fantasy. My worst day is a great day.
- I'm not a famous celebrity of any kind. I'm a guy from Edmonton who's got a great job and I'm loving it.
- 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 Short Quotes
- It's hard to shake a stick at success.
- I'm not a big prop actor.
- The trick is, when you grow up, find work that feels like play.
- I live in Los Angeles and I like to do a lot of hiking. I live a very relaxed life.
- The nature of the beast is, art needs finance. That's how this industry works.
- I don't spend a lot of time online.
- I think about my own daily choices every day in terms of how to find happiness.
- There's only one spot in history for the first ever of anything.
- It costs nothing to say something kind. Even less to shut up altogether.
- The Incredibles was the best movie ever made. Ever. Made. BSTL.
Nathan Fillion Quotes About Love
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
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
I love what I do. And why not be nice? I mean, I've seen people who work and they're apparently not enjoying it, and they're making sure everybody knows it. — Nathan Fillion
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
Nathan Fillion Famous Quotes And Sayings
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
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
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
The truth is I'm a dork. I collected comics. I still love cartoons. I'd rather be at home on a Friday night than out at some club… My sense of humor is that of a geek. My likes and dislikes are that of a geek. I've memorized every crappy sci-fi movie there is, but still haven't seen Schindler's List. — Nathan Fillion
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
What I know of Steve Trevor is everything that I learned from 'Wonder Woman,' the television series with Lynda Carter. And I don't remember much. I do remember his uniform, though. — Nathan Fillion
Never trust a southerner. No, I'm kidding. They're wonderful. You want to believe in his niceness and his charm, but he's an evil kind of crazy man who's righteous. Fear the righteous. — Nathan Fillion
I'm fortunate enough that every job I do seems to be, at the very least, teaching me something fantastic. I make new friends. I work with talented people. And each project and experience seems to be better than the last. I seem to be topping myself all the time. I think to myself: "It can't get better, it can't get better..." And then something happens that makes me feel like I'm truly richer for the experience. — Nathan Fillion
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
Somebody once said that you can never act and be another person; you're only acting facets of yourself. I think there's a lot of truth in that. — Nathan Fillion
I am one of the lucky few who is successful in their career, and I'm really enjoying myself. — Nathan Fillion
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
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
When you slick back your hair, you get a really good idea of just how melon-like your head actually is. — Nathan Fillion
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
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
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
MEN WALK ON THE MOON. To me, this speaks of a time when America wasn't just about the almighty buck. The Russians had put up Sputnik, and the U.S. would not be outdone. I admire that about the American spirit. There's only one spot in history for the first ever of anything. — Nathan Fillion
When people embrace character, it informs their living, breathing moments in a scene so well. — Nathan Fillion
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
When I was a waiter I was fired twice from the same restaurant. I guess I was that good of an actor but that bad of a waiter. — Nathan Fillion
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
I've kind of learned this about Joss Whedon. Never say never. I've learned that. I also have another rule about Joss Whedon. Never say no. Just... whatever Joss Whedon wants to do, just do it. — Nathan Fillion
I'm the one who often makes the 'Murder, She Wrote' reference, and ABC hates that, they don't want me to do that. And I say that having never actually watched 'Murder, She Wrote'. I think people have been trying to compare it to crime shows that are on right now, and all I can do is listen. I don't watch a lot of TV. — Nathan Fillion
My job changes very little because I've found that the more you try to be funny, the less funny you become. — Nathan Fillion
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
I'm comfortable only when there's a mutual attraction. That's what anyone wants. If I find out she's not attracted to me, it brings down my level of attraction to her. If I'm interested and find out she's not, I tend to cool off. — Nathan Fillion
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
I relate to those characters - and any character I play - in as much as I put myself in their positions and feel how I would personally deal with their experiences. — Nathan Fillion
The secret to comedy is not playing the comedy, but actually playing the situation, playing the drama of it. — Nathan Fillion
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
My brother used to say that when you deal with women, it's difficult to remove emotions from an argument. I never really knew what he meant. Then I read an article that said when it comes to emotion and logic, men's and women's brains are different - my brother was right! Women are very mysterious, but that's part of their joy. — Nathan Fillion
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
I remember when TiVO first came out I was all about TiVo. I came home and that thing was frozen, and I thought 'This is awful. This is the end of the world'. Then I unplugged it, and I plugged it back in, and still frozen. It was paralyzing. I called them. They said, 'Just unplug it longer.' Fixed. But it also taught me I'm an addict. — Nathan Fillion
I would cancel dialysis to be in the [hopefully upcoming Firefly] movie. — Nathan Fillion
There are people who have energy that say don't come near me, don't get too close. There's people like Adrienne Shelley who have the energy of come over here and give me a hug and if you're around me you're going to be happy about it. — Nathan Fillion
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
Life Lessons by Nathan Fillion
- Nathan Fillion has demonstrated the importance of hard work and dedication in achieving success. He has worked consistently for over two decades, appearing in a variety of projects and honing his craft.
- He has also shown that it is possible to maintain a successful career while remaining humble and down-to-earth. He has remained a beloved figure in the entertainment industry due to his positive attitude and willingness to collaborate with others.
- Finally, Nathan Fillion has demonstrated the value of staying true to oneself and following one's passions. He has been unafraid to take risks and explore new opportunities, and this has allowed him to create a diverse and successful body of work.
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