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 i….

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 tha….

My goal has always been to be a working actor..

My dear friend Aaron Paul. I love you so much..

When 'Malcolm in the Middle' was over, I was looking for a drama more than a comedy...but if it was a comedy that came up, it would have to be as wel….

I have often walked down this street before but the pavement never held my star before... all at once I'm three stories high, knowing I'm on the stre….

Actors are inherently self-centered. We're trained to focus on who I am. What do I want? Who is in my way? How do I get this? That's how we're traine….

I've done more crap than I care to remember. I really have. 'Airwolf.' 'Murder, She Wrote.' 'Amazon Women on the Moon.' But you learn from all these ….

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….

It's up to the actor to make sure they don't get typecast..

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 sitti….

I do force myself to sleep with myself to get the job. But that's always a disappointment..

When everyone has high expectation for you, it can attack your insecurities..

As a director you come in and tell the actors how good they are..

I'm just a big boy, I'm still just playing cowboys and Indians and astronaut and baseball player and all that stuff that I used to play as a kid..

I want to be able to experience everything. I want to experience being a husband, experience being a father, experience, maybe, hopefully, someday be….

Bad for the sake of bad is boring to me and not believable..

Let me demonstrate. When you greet a friend this is the duration of the kiss that's acceptable. "Hi, good to see you - yeah." When you make a mistake….

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 gr….

Actors basically are the type of person that with three seconds left, we want the ball. Give us the shot to make it or miss it. We'll take the lumps ….

I don't think life owes me anything and the business doesn't owe me anything. The only way to approach it is by working hard and loving what you do. ….