It used to be that people would watch TV shows because they knew the characters would stay the same. Whether it's Archie Bunker or it's Thomas Magnum you watch it because it's like, 'I'm comfortable, this is the same guy.'

It's a familiar story now: a meek and depressed high school chemistry teacher with terminal cancer cooks up a scheme to make and market a superior grade of methamphetamine to provide a nest egg for his family after he's gone. But over the course of five seasons Walter White goes from milquetoast to murderous in order to survive.

I don't really relax. When I sleep, I relax.

Actors, writers, directors - that triumvirate of creativity - we have to rely and trust each other to be able to get to the final product.

That's the reason you want to become a star as an actor, to be able to have more control of your destiny.

It is my biggest fear, something happening to a child, your child, is unfathomable.

I think naturally, if you're an actor, there's a high level of assertiveness that you need to have to survive this business. There's boldness in being assertive, and there's strength and confidence.