208 Quotes by Nathan Fillion

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.

I’ve got a fantastic life. I enjoy what I do for a living. I see the blessings; I’m not blind.

I think I’ve been really good at surrounding myself with really talented people. I’ve picked the right coattails to ride on.

I was attending the University of Alberta. I was going to be a high school teacher, like my parents. I failed – no, I didn’t fail a class, I just barely passed. I really didn’t try. It was Canadian history, through the plays of the time. My God, those were boring plays.

I’m a plethora of stolen jokes and kitschy references.

I’ve always fantasized about being on TV. And I was. Then I fantasized about being in the movies. What could be better than captain of a space ship? I get to ride horses, shoot guns, have adventures.

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

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.

I’ve had a long line of failed television programs, pilots that were never picked up, series that didn’t go very long. I’ve learned that there’s really nothing you can do. If it’s not in my control, I try not to worry about it.