I want to make sure that what I do has specific purpose and is not just throwing a dart at something to keep busy.

Had "Malcolm in the Middle" been picked up I would not have been available for the pilot of "Breaking Bad." And right now someone else would be sitting in this chair talking to you. Not me.

In fact, I told our dear friends, the Burrell boys, five boys lived next door to us. "Why, we don't see your dad anymore?" "Oh, yeah. Yeah. He" - I lied. I said, "He comes home at night when you guys are in bed. He gets us up and we play." I said it so much that I started to believe it myself, you know?

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

The TV business is like the produce section of the market. Today everything is fresh and glistening and firm. And tomorrow, when they find a bruise on you, they toss you out.

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

You need to tell the truth to the audience, or they will throw a brick through the TV. They'll turn you off.