If you work hard, you have a better chance of producing something that you're proud of. If you don't, you won't. It's really simple.
Bryan CranstonIf something is well-written, it has a chance to be good and if it's not well-written, it will not be good. It could even become popular, but it won't be good.
Bryan CranstonI'm not crazy about being out of control, and I get emotional when things are unclean. When things are out of order. When things are messy. Because I lived in a mess as a child.
Bryan CranstonI 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.
Bryan CranstonWhen 'Malcolm in the Middle' was over, I was looking for a drama more than a comedy...but if it was a comedy that came up, it would have to be as well-written as 'Malcolm' was, and it would have to be a different kind of character than I played on that show. That's harder to come by. In drama, there were more opportunities, more options for me, and when I read ('Breaking Bad'), it was just, 'Good night, Nurse! I'm going after this sucker!'
Bryan Cranston