Nathan Fillion Quotes

You know, I've just always been sort of goofy and kind of gone with it. I actually usually work more in drama, but I have been floating back and forth with comedy, and somehow they keep giving me jobs in comedy, so I guess there's something funny about me.

I've had a wonderful time in 'Foyle's War' and I don't mind being typecast. But I'm not prim. I'm chaotic, happy, and desperate to have some laughs. I'd love to do a comedy next, or something modern.

It's much easier for me to be silly than it is to be serious on soap opera.

I do enjoy doing action quite clearly, but I also really like doing comedy.

My heroes are Bill Murray and Dustin Hoffman. Those are the two actors that both do comedies and dramas, seamlessly. Also John C. Reilly and Philip Seymour Hoffman. They're all just great actors, neither comedic nor dramatic. They're just great actors.

I'm just an actor. If it's drama, I add as much humour as the part will stand. And if it's a comedy, add as much drama as you can, so it balances out; you don't wanna be too serious.

I approach a comedy the same way I do a drama. I try to make it as real as possible.

I don't think I'm like any of the characters I've played - they're all really far from who I am.

There is no way you can get people to believe you on screen if they know who you really are through television.

I'm a character actress.

I love different roles, just getting into it, something that's the complete opposite of who I am.

'Serious acting' is the kind of acting that I don't ever respond to.

I choose roles that are not me.

I like to disappear into a role. I equate the success of it with a feeling of being chemically changed. That's the only way I can express it.

Drama comes more naturally to me. It's the comedy you really have to delve into.

The actors that inspire me are the comedians and the people able to shape-shift into different roles and into different media.

I probably prefer comedy. Why? I'm not sure. I feel like the energy of a comedy is a better fit for me. I try to be a happy guy! It seems that most of my life has the energy more for a comedy than for drama. I'm grateful to do both, but I would have to lean towards the comedy side of acting.

On a television show, precise acting isn't the order of the day.

I don't mind being the funny character rather than the glamorous one, although I'm happy to do both.

As an actor, you can do everything. I grew up in the theater, and you could do a musical, a comedy, a tragedy.

I love doing drama as much as I love doing comedy.

Every character I've played is goofy, but it has to have some type of reality.

I absolutely love doing comedy, however, of course as an actor, I would love the opportunity to do more dramatic roles.

The only two characters I can play convincingly are myself and a dumber and sweeter version of myself.

As I have often said, she has two styles of acting: with or without the beard.