WEBVTT 00:01.366 --> 00:02.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% - Follow up on Evan's question, which I was going to ask, 00:02.800 --> 00:03.966 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% when did you know you could actually 00:03.966 --> 00:05.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% make a living as an actor? 00:05.766 --> 00:07.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - [Host] Where was the point 00:07.000 --> 00:08.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% at which you knew, "I can do this?" 00:08.500 --> 00:11.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - I didn't know, actually. 00:11.000 --> 00:12.333 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% You never know. 00:12.333 --> 00:13.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% At some point... - [Host] You don't know now? 00:13.800 --> 00:15.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% - In the arts, well you have to make a leap of faith. 00:15.733 --> 00:17.400 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% - [Bearded Man] Right. 00:17.400 --> 00:19.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - But when I did that, I was 22 years old. 00:19.500 --> 00:22.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I was stuck on the Blue Ridge Parkway of Virginia, 00:22.000 --> 00:23.666 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% on a motorcycle. 00:23.666 --> 00:25.500 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% It was pouring rain. 00:25.500 --> 00:28.700 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% For six days I was in this little picnic area. 00:28.700 --> 00:32.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Felt kind of trapped, and I was reading a play at the time, 00:32.433 --> 00:34.133 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% and I had this epiphany. 00:34.133 --> 00:37.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% That I should attempt to try to do something that I love, 00:37.466 --> 00:39.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and hopefully become good at. 00:39.166 --> 00:41.066 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% As opposed to focusing on something 00:41.066 --> 00:44.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I am good at, but didn't love. 00:44.366 --> 00:46.566 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% So once I accepted that, 00:46.566 --> 00:47.400 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% I was all in. 00:47.400 --> 00:48.933 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% - [Host] Yeah. 00:48.933 --> 00:52.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% - And if that meant living with three other actors, 00:52.066 --> 00:54.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% at my age now, then that's what it means. 00:54.233 --> 00:55.566 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% - [Host] Yeah. [faint laughter] 00:55.566 --> 00:57.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% - [Host] Good. - I was willing to do that. 00:57.433 --> 01:00.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And I would encourage that with any 01:00.666 --> 01:02.466 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% young person. 01:02.466 --> 01:04.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Or less than young person, (audience laughter) 01:04.966 --> 01:06.166 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% Perhaps. 01:06.166 --> 01:07.166 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - Not that he's speaking of anybody 01:07.166 --> 01:08.700 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% in particular. - [Bryan] Yes. 01:08.700 --> 01:11.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - Who is interested in a career in the arts. 01:11.500 --> 01:13.400 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Is that you can't dip your toe in, 01:13.400 --> 01:14.600 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% you have to be all in. 01:14.600 --> 01:15.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - [Host] All in. Very good. 01:15.700 --> 01:18.166 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Sir. - [Bryan] Thank you. 01:18.166 --> 01:19.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - Is it safe to say you that you 01:19.833 --> 01:21.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% have watched Better Call Saul? 01:21.166 --> 01:22.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% And how different is that? 01:22.666 --> 01:23.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Do you watch it from the Walter White perspective, 01:23.733 --> 01:26.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% or from just a viewer like me? 01:26.366 --> 01:27.433 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% - Just like you. 01:27.433 --> 01:28.600 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% I love the show. 01:28.600 --> 01:29.933 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - [Host] Right. Odenkirk is so great. 01:29.933 --> 01:32.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - It's great. It's so good. 01:32.433 --> 01:34.633 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% It has that familiarity 01:34.633 --> 01:37.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% of the milieu of Breaking Bad, 01:37.633 --> 01:39.733 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and yet it's completely different. 01:39.733 --> 01:42.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Except there are characters that are the same. 01:42.866 --> 01:44.966 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% So now it's been, 01:44.966 --> 01:46.700 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% it's been over almost, 01:46.700 --> 01:48.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% it's been just a little over three years 01:48.533 --> 01:51.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% since we stopped shooting Breaking Bad. 01:51.533 --> 01:54.900 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And so now I'm slowly getting a very good 01:54.900 --> 01:57.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% objective viewpoint of it and I'm able 01:57.100 --> 01:59.466 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% to watch it and just enjoy it that way. 01:59.466 --> 02:01.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - Have you read the news reports 02:01.000 --> 02:03.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% that they're going to bring Gus Fring back for that program? 02:03.666 --> 02:04.500 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% - They are? 02:04.500 --> 02:05.600 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% Oh, I didn't know. 02:05.600 --> 02:06.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - They're gonna Jon Snow us, 02:06.633 --> 02:07.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% is that what they're gonna do? 02:07.733 --> 02:08.833 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% (audience laughter) - Really? 02:08.833 --> 02:09.700 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% I don't know. 02:09.700 --> 02:10.933 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% When I see Vince, 02:10.933 --> 02:12.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I say, "Don't say anything. 02:12.500 --> 02:13.866 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% "Don't tell me anything. 02:13.866 --> 02:15.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% "I don't want to hear anything. 02:15.133 --> 02:16.733 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - [Host] Somebody's talking apparently. 02:16.733 --> 02:17.566 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% - "I don't want to hear anything, I just want to be a fan." 02:17.566 --> 02:18.533 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% - [Host] Alright. Sir. 02:18.533 --> 02:19.466 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% - [Bryan] Hi. - Hi. 02:19.466 --> 02:20.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% In the development and growth 02:20.666 --> 02:23.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% of your character Walter White, 02:23.366 --> 02:24.400 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% did you live 02:24.400 --> 02:26.733 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% or hangout amongst 02:26.733 --> 02:30.033 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% the riffraff type characters to grow that? 02:30.033 --> 02:31.633 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - Tell us about our meth dealer friends, 02:31.633 --> 02:34.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% (audience laughter) that's what the question is. 02:34.833 --> 02:35.666 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% - No. 02:35.666 --> 02:37.333 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% (audience laughter) 02:37.333 --> 02:40.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Because, primarily because that's not who Walter White was. 02:41.500 --> 02:45.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% So, I didn't do research on the particular cancer, 02:45.333 --> 02:46.800 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% the lung cancer he had. 02:46.800 --> 02:50.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I didn't do a particular research on that underworld, 02:50.366 --> 02:53.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% that street-level drug dealing. 02:53.566 --> 02:55.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Because he didn't know that. 02:55.133 --> 02:56.633 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% - [Host] Yep. 02:56.633 --> 02:58.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% - And I thought over time I would have the time 02:58.566 --> 03:01.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% to learn it just as Walter was learning it. 03:01.533 --> 03:04.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% So what I did, go back and I did a lot 03:04.100 --> 03:07.366 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% of research on just basic chemistry. 03:07.366 --> 03:10.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I went back to the University of Southern California 03:10.633 --> 03:13.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and walked around, and was like a shadow to them. 03:13.266 --> 03:14.466 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% - [Host] Yeah. 03:14.466 --> 03:17.066 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - Just learning the fascination of chemistry 03:17.066 --> 03:19.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and now it is fascinating to me. 03:19.533 --> 03:22.266 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - If we asked you about the periodic table now. 03:22.266 --> 03:23.600 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - Well, now it's been a few years again. 03:23.600 --> 03:24.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - [Host] Yeah, it's a good answer. 03:24.500 --> 03:25.566 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% Good answer, good. 03:25.566 --> 03:27.533 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% Excellent. Sir. 03:27.533 --> 03:28.933 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - I really appreciate what you said 03:28.933 --> 03:30.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% about not sitting in judgement of your character. 03:30.333 --> 03:31.833 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% 'Cause that's a lesson I learned the hard way. 03:31.833 --> 03:33.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% So when you play characters 03:33.366 --> 03:35.066 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% who do objectively terrible things 03:35.066 --> 03:36.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% that affect other people's lives, 03:36.533 --> 03:39.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% how do you not allow yourself to judge them? 03:39.300 --> 03:41.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - Well it's hard to speak 03:42.700 --> 03:44.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% general terms for probably a specific thing 03:44.933 --> 03:46.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% your character you're thinking about. 03:46.433 --> 03:48.533 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% But, justification. 03:48.533 --> 03:52.066 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% You find why something was necessary to do. 03:52.066 --> 03:55.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Or, if you can't find a justification, 03:55.500 --> 03:58.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% you can at least go back and write a backstory 03:58.666 --> 04:01.400 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% to your character that then would 04:02.633 --> 04:04.066 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% justifiably 04:04.066 --> 04:07.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% lead you up to why your character would commit an act 04:07.733 --> 04:08.800 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% that seems egregious, 04:08.800 --> 04:09.700 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% - [Man] Yeah. 04:09.700 --> 04:10.833 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% at that time. 04:10.833 --> 04:12.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - [Man] Yeah. - So that's your job. 04:12.233 --> 04:14.800 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% You go, "Okay, how can I 04:14.800 --> 04:17.133 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% "beat this baby seal with a club? 04:17.133 --> 04:21.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% "How in the world do I...?" - [Host] Right, right, right. 04:21.200 --> 04:24.166 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - So, okay, go back and figure out what were 04:24.166 --> 04:26.766 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% the twists and turns of that character's life 04:26.766 --> 04:28.233 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% that lead him to that. 04:28.233 --> 04:30.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% And at least you can justify it 04:30.766 --> 04:32.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% as far as your actions within yourself. 04:32.433 --> 04:33.633 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% - [Man] Thank you. 04:33.633 --> 04:34.366 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - That was a Tim Whatley question, wasn't it? 04:34.366 --> 04:35.766 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% - Look at this. 04:35.766 --> 04:36.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% - From Seinfeld, I'm sure. - [Bryan] Wow wow. 04:36.700 --> 04:37.633 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% - It's hard to let go. 04:37.633 --> 04:38.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - [Bryan] Heisenberg Empire. 04:38.800 --> 04:40.200 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% (Man laughs) - [Host] Wow. 04:40.200 --> 04:41.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% - [Host] What do you got? - Do you see that? 04:41.000 --> 04:42.300 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% Put that on camera. 04:42.300 --> 04:43.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Look at that. - [Host] It's a great shirt. 04:43.100 --> 04:44.600 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% - [Host] Yes, indeed. 04:44.600 --> 04:46.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% - Regarding The Infiltrator and the role of Robert Mazur, 04:46.300 --> 04:49.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% what resonated with you about that role specifically? 04:49.233 --> 04:50.566 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% - Thank you. 04:50.566 --> 04:52.933 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% He's like helping me promote another movie. 04:52.933 --> 04:54.466 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% (audience laughter) 04:54.466 --> 04:57.466 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% The Infiltrator comes out in July. 04:57.466 --> 05:00.866 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% It's about an undercover policeman. 05:00.866 --> 05:02.166 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I finally get to play a policeman. 05:02.166 --> 05:03.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - After all these. - [Bryan] Yeah yeah. 05:03.333 --> 05:05.000 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - look at that, after all these years. 05:05.000 --> 05:06.000 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% - And he was 05:06.866 --> 05:08.166 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% in customs, 05:08.166 --> 05:09.100 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% U.S. Customs. 05:09.100 --> 05:11.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% And at the time he brought down 05:11.366 --> 05:14.833 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% the seventh largest bank in the world, BCCI. 05:14.833 --> 05:16.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Remember BCCI? - [Host] Yeah, of course. 05:16.233 --> 05:18.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - Back in the 80's. Yeah? 05:18.566 --> 05:21.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% And also had thirty-five arrests 05:21.733 --> 05:25.133 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% of drug cartel members in one fell swoop. 05:26.200 --> 05:27.333 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% And it really happened. 05:27.333 --> 05:30.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% It was a deep undercover - [Host] Right. 05:30.533 --> 05:32.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - project and it was great. 05:32.500 --> 05:35.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% So that comes out, and I get to play 05:35.233 --> 05:37.233 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% a good guy for a change. 05:37.233 --> 05:38.200 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% - [Host] Fun. - Yeah. 05:38.200 --> 05:38.933 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% - [Host] Good. - Thank you. 05:38.933 --> 05:40.333 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% - Sir. 05:40.333 --> 05:42.166 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - I heard through a questionable source 05:42.166 --> 05:44.900 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% that at one point you worked as a carny. 05:44.900 --> 05:49.166 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Did any of your skills at that time translate 05:49.166 --> 05:51.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% to acting or did you use any? 05:51.566 --> 05:52.500 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% - The premise accurate? 05:52.500 --> 05:54.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Were you a carny at one point? 05:54.000 --> 05:56.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% - Well, I want to know who your questionable source is. 05:56.033 --> 05:58.233 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% (audience laughter) 05:58.233 --> 05:59.833 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% Actually it's true. 05:59.833 --> 06:04.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% It's true, I did work in a carnival a few times. 06:04.300 --> 06:08.066 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Back when I was twelve or thirteen years old. 06:09.866 --> 06:12.366 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% 'Member when, those of us who are of that age? 06:12.366 --> 06:13.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% You can actually find a job 06:13.966 --> 06:18.033 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% and they didn't have this litigious society that we do now. 06:18.033 --> 06:20.600 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% So I worked in what they call the joints, 06:20.600 --> 06:24.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% which are the booths, where you're throwing darts 06:24.233 --> 06:26.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% or pitching a dime or whatever that sort of thing. 06:26.566 --> 06:28.866 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% And a thing called slaw, 06:28.866 --> 06:31.800 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% which is when you break down the rides 06:31.800 --> 06:34.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% when they're done for that day and they go off. 06:34.600 --> 06:38.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Yeah, it's an interesting subculture. 06:38.100 --> 06:40.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And certainly something that you could learn from 06:40.366 --> 06:41.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% from an acting standpoint. 06:41.466 --> 06:43.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I tell actors all the time, 06:43.500 --> 06:45.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% there's no reason in the world you should be bored. 06:45.966 --> 06:47.900 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% If you're bored, you're not doing your work. 06:47.900 --> 06:49.100 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% - [Host] Right. 06:49.100 --> 06:50.733 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - You know you should go to restaurants, 06:50.733 --> 06:54.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and airports, and emergency rooms, and all these things. 06:54.866 --> 06:58.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And watch human behavior, so that you can replicate. 06:58.066 --> 07:00.833 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% You file it away like a filing cabinet. 07:00.833 --> 07:02.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% In your mind and you're - [Host] It's called research. 07:02.133 --> 07:03.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - you're able to pull it out. 07:03.300 --> 07:04.766 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% Yeah. 07:04.766 --> 07:06.366 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - Good question. Good premise too. 07:06.366 --> 07:07.200 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% Good source. 07:07.200 --> 07:08.300 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% (audience laughter) 07:08.300 --> 07:09.266 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% - Albeit questionable. 07:09.266 --> 07:11.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - Albeit questionable. Sir. 07:11.466 --> 07:14.933 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% - Is there any story from working on Seinfeld in particular 07:14.933 --> 07:18.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% that you really remember that you want to share with us? 07:18.400 --> 07:20.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Maybe an uncomfortable moment with Larry David. 07:20.500 --> 07:21.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% - [Host] Speaking of TV. - An uncomfortable moment? 07:21.966 --> 07:24.033 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - Speaking of TV shows that changed television. 07:24.033 --> 07:25.300 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% - [Host] Right? - Yeah. 07:25.300 --> 07:27.600 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - I was fortunate, I played Tim Whatley, 07:27.600 --> 07:29.600 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% the dentist on Seinfeld. 07:30.966 --> 07:33.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I'll give you one story that 07:35.200 --> 07:37.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% really resonated with me. 07:37.733 --> 07:38.966 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% We were doing a scene. 07:38.966 --> 07:41.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% There was one episode where Jerry didn't know 07:41.433 --> 07:43.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% if I was molesting him or not. 07:43.200 --> 07:45.000 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% (audience laughter) 07:45.000 --> 07:46.066 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (Man laughs) 07:46.066 --> 07:47.200 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (loud laughter) 07:47.200 --> 07:49.933 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (faint applause) 07:52.366 --> 07:55.766 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% So he was abject and I had a very attractive 07:55.766 --> 07:58.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% dental hygienist and he didn't like that whole thing. 07:58.100 --> 08:01.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And so, I asked for the Nitrous Oxide 08:01.300 --> 08:02.633 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% and he goes out, 08:04.066 --> 08:06.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and then when he wakes up his shirt is un-tucked. 08:06.700 --> 08:07.633 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% (audience laughter) 08:07.633 --> 08:08.900 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% And then he says, 08:08.900 --> 08:10.200 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% "I don't know if I was tucked or un-tucked." 08:10.200 --> 08:12.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% (man laughs) (audience laughs) 08:12.300 --> 08:13.966 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% - [Host] Good. Good. 08:15.700 --> 08:17.833 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - So we rehearsed the scene, fine. 08:17.833 --> 08:20.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And everybody left and I stayed in my dental office 08:20.900 --> 08:24.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% because I wanted to get comfortable with the tools 08:24.066 --> 08:27.700 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and the feeling of the stool and moving things. 08:27.700 --> 08:29.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And, the more comfortable you are as an actor, 08:29.900 --> 08:31.100 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% the better you perform. 08:31.100 --> 08:33.000 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% So, I'm sitting, I'm doing a couple of things 08:33.000 --> 08:35.000 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% and I hear this guy say, 08:36.133 --> 08:38.600 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% "Hey, you know what would be funny?" 08:38.600 --> 08:41.000 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And I look around and on a ladder, 08:41.000 --> 08:42.500 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% adjusting a light, 08:42.500 --> 08:44.266 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% is an electrician. 08:44.266 --> 08:46.233 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% And I went, "What?" 08:46.233 --> 08:47.766 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% And he goes, 08:47.766 --> 08:49.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% "It'd be funny if you took a hit of the Nitrous Oxide 08:49.666 --> 08:51.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% "before you gave it to Jerry." 08:51.033 --> 08:54.033 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% (audience laughter) 08:56.566 --> 08:58.800 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And I said, "I think you're right." 08:58.800 --> 09:00.200 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% (audience laughter) 09:00.200 --> 09:02.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% So it comes to the dress rehearsal, 09:02.533 --> 09:04.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and sure enough I say, "Nurse the Nitrogen Oxide?" 09:04.900 --> 09:06.733 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And she hands me the mask and I go, 09:06.733 --> 09:08.400 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (hissing air) 09:08.400 --> 09:09.233 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% "That's good." 09:09.233 --> 09:10.566 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% (audience laughter) 09:10.566 --> 09:12.533 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% And I gave it to Jerry, 09:12.533 --> 09:14.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and Jerry falls off the chair 09:14.166 --> 09:16.066 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% he's laughing so hard. - [Host] Oh my. 09:16.066 --> 09:17.266 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% And Larry David says, 09:17.266 --> 09:18.800 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% "That's in the show. 09:18.800 --> 09:19.633 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% "I love it! 09:19.633 --> 09:20.466 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% "I love it! 09:20.466 --> 09:22.266 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% "I love it!" 09:22.266 --> 09:23.200 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% And I said, 09:24.033 --> 09:25.666 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% "He gave it to me." 09:25.666 --> 09:28.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% He's not on a ladder anymore and he was like, "Yeah." 09:28.066 --> 09:30.033 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% So, again, it's like it doesn't matter 09:30.033 --> 09:31.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% where a good idea comes from. 09:31.733 --> 09:32.966 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% It stayed in the show. 09:32.966 --> 09:35.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% If you see that rerun, that's in the show. 09:35.300 --> 09:36.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - [Host] That's hilarious. 09:36.533 --> 09:39.200 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - It wasn't written, it wasn't my idea. 09:39.200 --> 09:42.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% - I think we have time for one more, is that right? 09:42.800 --> 09:43.933 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - [Voiceover] We have about one minute. 09:43.933 --> 09:45.166 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - [Bryan] One minute. - One minute. 09:45.166 --> 09:45.833 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - Last one, quick one, I'm sorry. 09:45.833 --> 09:46.500 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% - Alright. 09:46.500 --> 09:47.733 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% Hi there. 09:47.733 --> 09:49.166 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Something I was very surprised at watching 09:49.166 --> 09:50.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% the documentaries about Breaking Bad 09:50.500 --> 09:53.033 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% is that there's kind of this overall culture, 09:53.033 --> 09:54.266 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% I guess, of excellence. 09:54.266 --> 09:55.833 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% It wasn't just you, and it wasn't just Vince, 09:55.833 --> 09:59.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% but to the cameraman there was this enormous investment. 09:59.800 --> 10:01.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Just how important do you think that is 10:01.433 --> 10:04.166 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% to creating really just great artwork? 10:04.166 --> 10:05.100 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% - Oh, it's vital. 10:05.100 --> 10:06.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - [Host] Everybody be bought in. 10:06.366 --> 10:08.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - Everybody, everybody has to. 10:08.500 --> 10:12.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% If incrementally everybody worked five percent better, 10:12.966 --> 10:14.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% a show would improve measurably. 10:14.800 --> 10:16.633 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% - [Host] Yeah. 10:16.633 --> 10:19.800 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - So it's up to those of us who lead the cast, 10:19.800 --> 10:22.133 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and I was one of the producers as well. 10:22.133 --> 10:25.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% The director of photography leads the crew. 10:25.000 --> 10:26.300 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% Our writer leads. 10:26.300 --> 10:27.600 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% So all the producers, 10:27.600 --> 10:29.900 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% we knew that what we wanted to create 10:29.900 --> 10:33.733 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% was a culture of respect to the crew and cast. 10:35.100 --> 10:37.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% That we expected them to do their work. 10:37.333 --> 10:38.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We can have fun doing it, - [Host] Yeah. 10:38.800 --> 10:40.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - and then let's all go home. 10:40.400 --> 10:44.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We had six years in New Mexico of shooting that show. 10:44.466 --> 10:47.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And every crew member kept coming by, 10:47.666 --> 10:50.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% dropping off resumes wanting to be part of our show. 10:50.500 --> 10:51.466 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% Why? 10:51.466 --> 10:53.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Because we had a great time. 10:53.033 --> 10:57.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Every year, Aaron Paul and I would host a bowling party. 10:57.166 --> 10:58.466 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% (audience chuckles) 10:58.466 --> 11:00.600 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We would book out an entire bowling alley 11:00.600 --> 11:02.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and we'd have it on a Sunday afternoon. 11:02.666 --> 11:04.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% It was open to every crew member, 11:04.666 --> 11:07.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and cast member and their families. 11:07.333 --> 11:09.300 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% "Bring the kids, everybody come!" 11:09.300 --> 11:12.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% So you're not spending another day away from your family, 11:12.433 --> 11:14.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% you're actually including them. 11:14.000 --> 11:15.266 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% - [Host] Yeah. 11:15.266 --> 11:18.133 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And that kind of a thing was not only fun to do, 11:18.133 --> 11:21.133 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and as thank you to the crew that worked hard, 11:21.133 --> 11:25.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% but it also started helping us to bond really tightly. 11:25.966 --> 11:29.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And we still keep in touch with a lot of those people. 11:29.566 --> 11:33.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% - Well, that's another emblem of your fundamental decency. 11:33.233 --> 11:34.233 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I think that's actually a great thing. 11:34.233 --> 11:35.200 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% - His? 11:35.200 --> 11:36.433 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% - No, yours. - [Bryan] Oh. 11:36.433 --> 11:37.366 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% (audience laughter) - [Host] I mean, he's 11:37.366 --> 11:38.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I will say, he seems nice. 11:38.566 --> 11:40.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - [Bryan] He looks fundamentally decent. 11:40.300 --> 11:41.300 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% - [Host] But I'm thinking of you. 11:41.300 --> 11:43.466 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% (audience laughter) 11:43.466 --> 11:44.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - [Host] We're out of time. 11:44.433 --> 11:45.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% It's a great place to end. 11:45.800 --> 11:47.266 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% But thank you so much 11:47.266 --> 11:48.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% - Thank you, thank you. - [Host] for your generosity. 11:48.200 --> 11:49.033 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% (audience applause) 11:49.033 --> 11:50.466 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% - Bryan Cranston! 11:50.466 --> 11:52.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% - [Bryan] Thank you. - Thank you all for coming. 11:52.566 --> 11:54.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We're gonna let him get out. - [Bryan] Thank you. 11:54.066 --> 11:55.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% - If you would just stay until we get him outta here. 11:55.366 --> 11:56.200 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% - [Bryan] Thank you! 11:56.200 --> 11:59.033 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% (audience cheers)