“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.” ThinkingLooksMotherMainstreamGeek Author: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!'” IfsMenLooksSaidHappensWantedFallActorsCareersTeacherTeachingDegreesHeyLook At MeFall BackAlbertaEdmonton Author: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.” ThinkingLooksArtBookEnjoyDrawingComicThis DayComic BookPrinting Author: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.” ThinkingLooksMomentsCharacterStoriesSpeakLinesRolesSceneDrawsVolume Author: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.” KnowsNeedsLooksKindTodayGuyWatchesTomorrowConceptsBrokeSaturdayFridayCrippledConcept Of Time Author:Nathan Fillion
“I kind of fell backwards into acting. I was studying to be a high school teacher. I look now and I understand completely, or actually barely, how much work it is to be a teacher. It's an incredible amount of work.” LooksKindSchoolActingStudyTeacherAmountHigh SchoolIncrediblesWorking ItBackwardsSchool TeachersHigh School Teachers Author:Nathan Fillion
“I don't spend a lot of time online. My mother's really good at picking out if she sees a really great review, and she'll forward it to me. She's like my little Internet filter. It's always nice to see something going up; if I want to find something on Nathan Fillion, I do know where to look, but I've got a nice little delivery system in my mom.” IfsKnowsWantLooksLittlesMotherNiceMomInternetMy MomOnlineReviewsReally GreatDeliveryFilters Author:Nathan Fillion
“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.” ThinkingLooksBookKidsWantedPassionInterestImaginationFireYeahComicRealmsThis DayComic BookCartoonLitMy ImaginationPrinting Author:Nathan Fillion
“I'll never look down on and I love running into actors who say 'Oh yeah, I did a soap.' I say 'Tell me which one!' It's like being a member of a secret society.” LooksRunningRomanceActorsSecretMembersYeahSoapSecret Society Author:Nathan Fillion