Basically, after an ABC sitcom I did, I ended up with a holding deal with 20th Century Fox. Absolutely cool. It pays you to be unemployed. And the bigger the entity that gives you the deal, the better.

— Nathan Fillion

'Castle' is a guy living in a fantasy world. He's in his imagination, writing these stories of murder.

— Nathan Fillion

Growing up, my parents managed to show me the importance of reading without cramming it down my throat. A difficult task, I'm sure. It breaks my heart to think that there are kids out there, ready to have their imaginations lit on fire, excited and wanting to read, and facing naked shelves in their school or local libraries. Rather than complain or wait till the system stops failing our nation's children this is a matter I feel we must take into our own hands. There are children, right now, waiting-wanting to read. What shall we tell them>

— Nathan Fillion

I got amazing training both with Theatre Sports... back in Edmonton, Alberta - I can't give those people enough credit - and the daytime drama I did. Incredible training, both of them.

— Nathan Fillion

I have a trophy case that contains all the action figures ever made of me. It also has items I've stolen from my movies, like three guns and holsters from 'Serenity'.

— Nathan Fillion

I kind of fell backwards into acting. I was studying to be a high school teacher. Furthermore, 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.

— Nathan Fillion

I'll tell you what I really enjoy. We all go to the movies, we all watch television, we know what they're about, how they work. When the main character is a cop or a spy, it's very exciting, but I also very much enjoy when the main characters are nobodies - a trucker.

— 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 domiciled, yeah, that's cool.

— Nathan Fillion

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 spaceship? I get to ride horses, shoot guns, have adventures.

— Nathan Fillion

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. Furthermore, I really didn't try. It was Canadian history, through the plays of the time. My God, those were boring plays.

— Nathan Fillion