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“I approach an action sequence almost like a mathematical problem. Sometimes you get these action sequences that you read and go, 'Oh my God, this is huge, how do I do it?' and I go, 'Just a step at a time. Sit down and plot each piece of it out.'”
“'Once Upon a Time in the West' is one of my favorite films.”
“'Breaking Bad' was a magical, amazing experience. I'm honored to have been a part of it.”
“I always say that AMC hires filmmakers, and they let them be filmmakers.”
“I will never leave television.”
“My feeling is, from when I started on 'Breaking Bad,' there's no reason to pick and choose because every episode is great. Whatever episode you get, you're lucky to do it.”
“I seem to gravitate toward the dark side of things when it comes to directing. I love action, but I love the drama as well.”
“Would I like to do a feature? Absolutely.”
“In 'Breaking Bad,' we have a lead character who definitely finds himself in a situation he would never have expected to find himself in normally.”
“I've been very fortunate to have the opportunity to work on wonderful shows.”
“I love the dark comedy in 'Breaking Bad.'”
“Every character a writer creates has some of themselves in it somewhere.”
“I'm not surprised that I tend to go for the dark side. I was a really scared kid, so I think I understand what scares people.”
“I really want to be part of things from the ground up wherever possible. Not to say that I'm not open to being a gun for hire - I am, absolutely - but I really enjoy developing.”
“Sometimes I forget to say 'cut' because I am so lost in the performance.”
“The type of producing that I did for many years involved working very closely with directors.”
“Vince Gilligan and AMC are really wonderful people to direct and produce for because they don't put the demands of any conventionalism on you.”
“After I directed for the first time, I wanted to call every director I'd ever worked with and apologize. In television you are tasked with shooting 42 minutes, or whatever, in eight days. That's not a lot of time.”
“A montage is incredibly challenging. When I can, I'd like to know what the music is going to be ahead of time because that will affect the beat, the pace of the montage.”
“I always say, 'I love producing, but directing is my passion,' and for a while, I had to produce to support my directing habit.”