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There's boldness in being assertive there's strength and confidence.

Bryan Cranston

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Bryan Cranston
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: March 7
Actor
Executive Producer
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Television Director
Hollywood
California
Bryan Lee Cranston
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Confidence
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[My father] had a massive middle-age breakdown. And left the family. And then it just completely fell apart. And my mother was heartbroken, just completely devastated. To make ends meet we started selling off all our possessions.
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Gay and lesbian couples should have the right to experience the joys of marriage and family.
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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.'
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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.
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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.
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What's interesting is a man with no facial hair is less intimidating than a man with facial hair, and a man who is bald is more intimidating than a man with hair.
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I have a lovely family who supports me and it's great.
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It is my biggest fear, something happening to a child, your child, is unfathomable.
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I enjoy storytelling. I like to write it, I like to direct it, I like to act in it, I like to produce it. I like to be around storytellers. That's what excites me.
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It's mind-altering when you slip into someone else's shoes. That's psychedelic, man.
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My passion is becoming involved in good work, whether that means as an actor or writer or director or producer or all - that is not as important to me.
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Hollywood has known this for quite a while: Cable is the place to go because they truly have a supportive network and they want to do things that cannot be seen on broadcast. That stimulates the writer-producer. Cable is king.
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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.
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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.
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Good storytelling doesn't have to be in the form of the classics. It doesn't have to be revered by everybody. In fact, to me, the best storytelling is not universally loved by every single person. I think you can water down the ethicacy of the work, itself.
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