I've always noticed a difference between working with a director and working with a writer/director. In how much they're invested and how specific they are.
Nathan FillionBasically, 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 FillionSomebody once said that you can never act and be another person; you're only acting facets of yourself. I think there's a lot of truth in that.
Nathan FillionI was going to be a High School teacher. I was studying at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, up in Canada. I was also acting in a wonderfully supportive theatre community in Edmonton. There's a lot of support for theatre there. So, I was having a great time, but I didn't consider acting as a serious career initially, because even the most successful actors that I know in Edmonton are not super successful. Acting over there is just not a success-oriented career.
Nathan Fillion