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" I'm a plethora of stolen jokes and kitschy references. "
Nathan Fillion
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" I think TV has been a little bit irresponsible in how they portray these people because homicide detectives are not brooding, tortured souls who are stained with the stink of the city and who have blood on their hands. They are real, live people that are incredibly entertaining. "
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People
Think
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" I still buy actual books. The smell, having it in your hands - there's really no substitute. "
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Buy
Books
Your
" I was a huge comic book fan as a kid. The only problem I had with comic books is how expensive they got. I didn't have a lot of money, so I had to be very specific about what I wanted to collect. I think they're all somewhere in the basement of my folks' house. "
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Money
" 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. "
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Back
Like
I Love You
" Being in the industry, I've seen many situations where someone will get the call from the network where they say 'You guys have 5 episodes to wrap it up.' Then all your long-term story arcs gotta get wrapped up in five episodes because that's how many episodes you got left. I would hate to see that happen to 'Castle'. "
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Story
They Say
Someone
" My brain is like a hard drive. Once you start adding new information, you start cutting off old information. "
Nathan Fillion
Drive
Information
Brain
" 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
Training
Drama
People
" I've got a fantastic life. I enjoy what I do for a living. I see the blessings; I'm not blind. "
Nathan Fillion
Enjoy
Blessings
Blind
" I had an Indiana Jones fedora that I loved. I don't know what happened to it. I don't know where it went. Wish I had it back. Whoever's got it, you suck. "
Nathan Fillion
You
Wish
Back
" I've got a full plate, yes I do. That iPod, that's nice. A phone recorder? Nicely done. All right I'm a bit of a tech geek. I have a subscription to Popular Science and I keep up on all this stuff. "
Nathan Fillion
Phone
Science
Yes
" Somebody told me long ago that in acting, it's okay to steal, just steal from the best. "
Nathan Fillion
Long
Steal
Okay
" Thank God there is a such thing as hiatus. We got the first 'Dr. Horrible' done in six days, we banged it out. "
Nathan Fillion
Days
Horrible
Thank God
" When people embrace character, there's latzie. It's the stuffing of a scene that's not written. It's not in the stage direction and it's not in the words. When people embrace character, it informs their living, breathing moments in a scene so well. "
Nathan Fillion
Stage
Words
People
" You know, Castle, like anyone else, is a human being first. If you take a human being - especially a vain one like 'Castle' -and you bring in a gorgeous woman and have sparks fly, who can help themselves? What are you gonna do? Sparks happen! "
Nathan Fillion
You
Castle
Fly
" I like doing things where I can get dirty, work with my hands, and use power tools. Last weekend, I did some grouting. "
Nathan Fillion
Last
Work
Doing
" When I go to a sci-fi convention, oh God, it's the closest thing to being a rock star I will ever know in this life. I want to be a rock star, don't you? It's a good thing to be, a rock star. "
Nathan Fillion
You
Life
Good
" My guiltiest pleasure? 'Untamed & Uncut'. Videos of people being attacked by animals. Yeah. I don't know why. I just love seeing guys who say, 'I'm gonna stick my hand in that crocodile's mouth and see what happens.' And then it snaps down on them. There you go - that's what you get! It's a wild animal, my friend. "
Nathan Fillion
Animal
Animals
People
" I was shy. I was painfully shy, until fifth grade when I transferred to another school and befriended the class clown. And one day he was sick and I kinda stepped in for the class clown and I said, 'Wow, this is exciting, I'm a little bit nervous.' "
Nathan Fillion
Day
Sick
School
" 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
Me
End
Home
" I would love to be employed for the rest of my life... But what I would want to do is things that would frighten me, things that would scare me. I've never done that before; can I do that, can I show them that I can do it? "
Nathan Fillion
Me
Rest
My Life
" 'Castle' is a guy living in a fantasy world. He's in his imagination, writing these stories of murder. "
Nathan Fillion
Guy
Imagination
Living
" I love hiking in the hills not far from my house. I'm invested in my hikes. Sometimes kids go up there and spray-paint over the signs; I've found a biodegradable paint cleaner, and I'll scrub the signs so they're nice and clean. "
Nathan Fillion
Paint
Go
House
" 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
Energy
You
People
" I tell you, 'Firefly'? Best job I ever had. Heartbroken when it was canceled, but had it not been canceled, I never would have gotten 'Serenity'. I think 'Serenity' is the most incredible thing I've ever been able to actually get my hands on and do. I can't even tell you how much love I have for that project. "
Nathan Fillion
Best
Job
Love
" 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
Imagination
Day
Passion
" You know, I endeavor to be more like my older brother. He's very magnetic. He's actually very much like 'Castle' in that people are attracted to him, and just want to be near him. You want to know where my brother is in a crowded room? He's the guy with the crowd around him. "
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Know
Castle
Want
" There's comedy even in tragedy. There's comedy in life. And in 'Castle', we go for that comedy. "
Nathan Fillion
Comedy
Tragedy
Even
" You know, Castle's the kind of guy that when he meets somebody, that's a connection for him. He remains connected to the people that he meets. That's the kind of guy he is, be they criminals, gangster rappers, mafia guys, art thieves, whoever it is, he nurtures those relationships. "
Nathan Fillion
You
Art
Gangster
" 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
Never
Whatever
Just Do It
" 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. "
Nathan Fillion
You
Control
Worry