Bob Odenkirk

“I went to New York in '87 to write for 'Saturday Night Live.'”

“I actually think there's a potential, a crazy potential, that network TV could become something valuable and worthwhile, just because of fear on the part of the networks.”

“I love making wisecracks.”

“My experience - and it might be just the kind of comedy that I do, which is usually sketch comedy - is that there's a lot more texture and subplot in drama than in comedy.”

“I enjoy crude behaviour and language. I revel in it.”

“I have a lot of opinions. I express them in 'Mr. Show' very clearly, I think. I feel like both David Cross and I felt like that show reflected each of us pretty wholly.”

“Drama is more focused, and it reveals itself to you, whereas comedy is just right there when you first read it.”

“I pretty much live about 10 minutes from my office. I have two kids, and I have about 8 projects that I'm working on, so I basically just get up and go to work, and go home every night and play with my kids, so I don't really know.”

“The alternative scene, for a couple years now, has been taken seriously and that's a cool thing. I don't think it's exploded or anything, but I think it's pretty cool that it still exists, it's still affecting people.”

“You make you work for yourself. It's the feeling of, 'If nobody ever saw it, that'd be fine, too.'”

“I probably do better when I'm in charge. But it's good to be able to be a part of something and be a supporter and help make a project work.”

“All people are sad clowns. That's the key to comedy - and it's a buffer against reality.”

“It is so weird to be on this side of that, because when you're starting out, and it seems like you're starting out for so long, you look up to the people who have made their mark. And you sort of want to be that.”

“All those Bob Hope specials made me cringe when I was a kid.”

“Humans are ridiculous. We're all pathetic strivers who will fall short. If you can accept that, it's optimistic because you can shoot for the moon and know you're never going to get there, and that's OK.”

“When I go to M Bar there's all kinds of agents there, looking for people who doing good stuff.”

“I remember making 'Mr. Show,' thinking, 'Man this stuff is really funny to me.' I don't know if anyone else will love it, but I know I'm going to still watch it in 15 years if I'm still alive and laugh really hard. Even though we had very high standards, we were trying to excite and please ourselves.”

“My godfather was a Chicago policeman, and I've always looked at law enforcement as a challenging and interesting job. There are so many decisions that law enforcement officers have to make, and the incident or situation changes so much from moment to moment and day to day. I have a lot of respect for officers and what they go through.”

“I think that cable TV is a great venue to do something interesting.”

“I can't really say how big the cult is. But I'm proud of it. I'm proud that it has a life.”