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I slowly came to realize that this job of being an actor, you spend most of your time looking for work. That is your job. Your job is auditioning. You spend very little of your time actually working.

Nathan Fillion

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Nathan Fillion
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 27
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Edmonton
Alberta
Nathan Christopher Fillion
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It costs nothing to say something kind. Even less to shut up altogether.
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I think it's a dance that people want to see. It's a chemistry that people want to see. In the same way that people don't want to see a perfect hero with no flaws who can handle anything, people don't want to see a perfect relationship. There's nothing interesting about that. People want to see you fail.
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