“I know no matter what I say he’s going to make a face that will change the context of whatever I say. There was never a moment from the time we met that I did not think he was the captain. And anybody who knows the history of what happened since, up to a party three weeks ago, Nathan is the captain. He makes sure everybody is having the best time and doing their best work — it’s a responsibility for the star of the show that most actors aren’t up to or ignore. When he looks at you and he’s not happy with you — we had a visiting actor who was very disrespectful to the females of the cast. And he got a little taste of what Nathan is like when his loved ones are threatened.” - Joss Whedon on Nathan Fillion, SDCC 2012 (x)