A biography for Bryan Cranstonhasn’t been written yet.
“I wish Americans thought more like Europeans when it comes to money and work. They take time off, they do what they love. We think work is the most valued commodity. Really the most valued commodity is time.”
“It's mind-altering when you slip into someone else's shoes. That's psychedelic, man.”
“If you have a level of expectation in your life that you have to be a quote-unquote star, whatever that means, you might be setting yourself up for failure.”
“I admit, I do a lot of projects, but it's because I'm in a position now where I'm reading a lot more scripts and plays and things, and I'm really listening to offers and trying to think what I want to do at any given time.”
“You get addicted to emotions. Our endorphins kick in and it's like a high. On the low end you might love roller coasters. On the high end you might be a bank robber or something.”
“The only thing that we as actors really can control is to be able to say 'yes' or 'no' to the material.”
“Any kind of civil rights oppression is wrong.”
“Every time you start a project, you're hopeful that the critics receive it warmly.”
“My goal has always been to be a working actor.”
“There are far more talented people doing voice work than I.”
“I'm a big fan of 'Mad Men.'”
“What's great about well-written material is, if you can shock with justifiable actions, that's the best.”
“The imagination is part of the arsenal that actors draw from.”
“Given the right set of circumstances any one of us could become dangerous - so why not show that in our programmes?”
“I'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.”
“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.”
“If you're a person who complains about everything all the time, then you're just the boy who cried 'wolf.' But if you do it on occasion and about the right reasons, then people listen.”
“If you have a screaming angry director, everyone else will be panicked as well.”
“Our whole society is instantaneous.”
“I love acting because it's empowering. It empowers me.”