Nathan Fillion Quotes

I like to think I put some of myself in every character.

In terms of the characters I think are really fun to play, a lot of times it's someone in my head saying 'I know that woman.'

I just love to be able to actually build a character.

There is always going to be a little bit of me in each character.

I always find stuff in my characters to relate to.

But I always need to identify with a character to write about him or her - and by 'identify,' I mean see the world through that person's eyes and have a strong sense of the inner logic of their acts and decisions, wacky or wrongheaded though they might be. In that sense, I think there's some of me in all of them.

I want to keep an element of myself in every character I play. And maybe that's connected to finding something that you like in every character. Maybe they coincide.

In terms of the parallels, I've never related less to a character than Riggan.

I think every actor injects some of his own personality into his parts. There's a great deal of myself in McCoy, a great deal of Bill in Kirk, and a great deal of Leonard in Spock!

If I wasn't an actor, I never would have known who Debbie Gallagher was. I never would know how her feelings are or how her emotions are, or her family.

I identify in some measure with each of my characters.

I made Tony a person. For me, Tony was real. I made him become a human being, and that affected the animation and everything.

There's some of me in all my characters.

I do not believe that with a fictional character you can force yourself too far away from yourself. There has to be some of you in it.

In terms of the character itself, I can't really say that I find anything really difficult. I enjoy the character so much I don't perceive difficulty in trying to be him. It's just a matter of how do we get there.

When I'm doing the Justice League stuff, my point of view is always coming through Buddy. And he's a dad, and there's stuff about his life that I relate to with my life, and I can also take the abilities of animals, which a lot of people don't know about me.

I started improvising the Cliff character, based on someone I grew up with.

I like to build a character, trying to stretch my imagination as far to the walls of my brain as I can to come up with something that feels truthful and feels real - as close to the skin as I can get it.

I'm not saying that I am all of my characters, but for me to bring a character to life, you've got to be able to find your own truth.

I usually don't find myself reacting to my characters. I just create them ... And let the audience decide whether they're empathetic or scared or compelled to cheer me on.

There are bits of me in all my characters.

I write characters and stories that move me, and I write from the heart.

It's great fun if you get a good piece of writing and you can pretend to be someone else, tell a story that needs to be told, make some kind of connection. I've always fancied myself as a leading man, but I really doubt whether anyone else sees me that way.

I put a lot of myself into my characters when I write.

My character from 'Panda Eyes,' Fay, is the character I see myself in a lot.