[on Joss Whedon`s decision to end "BtVS" because of handling too many projects:] "Joss always wanted to be attached to it, and as his schedule`s becoming thinner, it`s harder for him to be a part of the show. It was his baby, so if he can`t be a part of it like he wants to, then it`s just not gonna run. It`s gonna be really sad for me after 144 episodes. It was my first job. I went through a lot of changes personally in that time, so it`s gonna be a teary goodbye." [May 2, 2002]

We had better music at Sunnydale`s prom than at my real-life prom. And at my prom, I didn`t really have a date, which is sort of what happens to Xander. At my real prom, I kind of ducked out the hotel ballroom and watched a Dodger game until 3 a.m. because it went about 22 innings. And my friends were saying, `Oh no! Where`d Nick go?` I think I was trying to get people to worry about me. That whole teenage angst thing. [New York Times, May 9, 1999]

I never, ever thought that Xander should be in construction. [At the science fiction and fantasy convention DragonCon in 2006, when asked if there was ever a time when he thought that Xander was written to be "out of character."]

[on preparing to finish the BtVS series:] "It sucks, because with how this year ended, and with what`s gonna happen next year, it`s gonna go out on top. We`re having a lot of fun doing it. This last year was my most fun year doing the show. But that`s life in showbiz, and I`ll just do something else." [May 2, 2002]

[on why "Buffy" never won Emmy Awards:] "It`s because it`s called "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997). I mean, we`ve even joked about how we should do an episode where Sarah [Michelle Gellar] is a doctor, I`m a lawyer ... get every angle they vote for just to give them a big one of those [raises his middle finger]."

I want people to say, `Nicholas Brendon, he`s supposedly the nicest guy in the world.` I want to do good work, but more than that, I want to stay a good human being. That`s more important than any character I play.