We've been trained since kindergarten: Be nice, be kind, share, put on a smile. So we're conditioned to squash our natural selfish instincts, and that's the right thing for society.

If you like vanilla, you're not going to like 'Breaking Bad' - you need to like a specific flavor that is unusual, that is different, that takes risks.

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

I appreciate my role as an actor much more after I direct because it's just easier.

I can tell you for sure: people who are at their peak right now will not sustain that. You can't. It's against the law of nature.

Money has never been my primary goal.

I have a bad habit of inserting my ideas into shots and things. I don't know, I don't hold back on suggesting things, but I don't have any connection to what actually happens, so I'll make a suggestion on something and then just let it go.