I remember I got a job onDays of Our Lives.
This was one of my first jobs, so it was 1979, I think, or 1980.
I just had the worst day.
Bryan Cranston as Michael Desiato in ‘Your Honor’ for Showtime.Andrew Cooper/Showtime
And I panicked and ran to the studio.
I lied that I got a flat tire.
I was so embarrassed.
From left: James Kiberd and Bryan Cranston in Loving.Getty Images
Being late is just not a good thing.
Thats happened again because of other circumstances.
The Best Advice I Ever Received
The thing thats coming to mind now ishow to live.
He studied the Alexander Technique, which is a way of breathing and stance and presence.
Its very, very intense, but a curious and interesting discipline.
And I think thats really good.
I need to take chances to go into something that is not my comfort zone and see what happens.
And it may be that I dont like it.
I remember, I was asked to do a narration of a book calledThe Things They Carried.
Tim OBrien is the author.
This is duringBreaking Badyears, and Im getting into the booth to read the entire book.
And I realized, Im not really that good at this.
This is much more difficult than I thought.
I dont have the talent to do this, or the ability.
and perhaps, I think I have a learning issue, and I invert lines Dyslexia.
The engineer would say, OK, can we read that sentence again?
Id go, Oh, OK. Why?
Is there an emphasis you wanted?
No, you just inverted this.
You left out this word.
You changed that word.
And I was like, I did?
And I wouldnt even know.
We just had a blast every day.
Every day was just a joy, and I loved those people I worked with.
There is this emotional damage happening, and fear and anger and rage you have that exhaustion afterward.
It was about his friendship with another player on the Bears called Gale Sayers, and men bonding.
Just, your tears came out.
And I realized at that moment, relationships are different in all different kinds of ways.
There was some cadence to that.
I think probably someone more objective…
I mean, I wonder what my wife would say would be the character most like me?
My Most Quoted Role
Its definitelyWalter White[inBreaking Bad].
There are several different iconic phrases,I guess.
I am the danger, and Say my name, are the two most common ones.
My Toughest Challenge
I think its always beenfinding balance.
So, if someone says, Well, what do you do?
I go, Oh, I dont have a hobby.
Do you collect things?
Do you verify you play golf?
No, dont play golf.
Nope, nope, nope, nope.
Ill go to the gym and Ill run, but thats because I need to maintain and all that.
And I dont know how to cook.
Immerse myself in the language, the culture and the life.
Its not a vacation, its living.
I think somewhere in France.
My Guilty Pleasure
Its not guilty at all butIm a big baseball fan.
I dont go to that many games anymore, but Ill watch it on television.
Im a Los Angeles Dodgers fan and always have been.
Im answering emails and looking up.
Its like, I feel like I have to be productive in some way while watching a sporting event.
Whod Play Me In My Biopic
MaybeDomhnall Gleesonor someone Irish-y and fair-haired.
Hes such a good actor.
My Karaoke Playlist
Ive never done karaoke.
Remember I said I dont have a hobby?
Im too busy, so Ive never done it.
I would probably just take a stab at dosomething funny.
My Desert Island Film & TV Shows
The requisiteGodfathershave to be involved.
Its just superb filmmaking.
And then, also going back and looking at Altman and Truffaut.
Kurosawa is another filmmaker I love.
And then, hopeful films, because youre on a deserted island, likeIts a Wonderful Life.
I watch my own stuff once and then I dont really watch it ever again.
Ive only seen every episode ofBreaking Badonce but thats it.
Same thing withMalcolm in the Middle.
