I always say that AMC hires filmmakers, and they let them be filmmakers. Michelle MacLaren More Quotes by Michelle MacLaren More Quotes From Michelle MacLaren I did every odd job you could possibly imagine: Holding a sign in the rain for 14 hours straight, sweeping up cigarette butts, pouring coffee, running around - anything I could to be on a film set. I wanted to be in the business. So I'd say, 'You need that job done? Fine,' and I became indispensable to people. Michelle MacLaren you coffee business rain I love television. Television is a great medium; I'm fortunate enough to direct amazing television. Michelle MacLaren amazing great love television 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. Michelle MacLaren dark-side dark action love 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. Michelle MacLaren feeling bad great you 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. Michelle MacLaren know music i-can time Sometimes I forget to say 'cut' because I am so lost in the performance. Michelle MacLaren i-am performance forget sometimes In general, we like to shoot Breaking Bad like a modern day Western, and Sergio Leone is one of my all-time favorite directors. Michelle MacLaren shoot day bad like 'Once Upon a Time in the West' is one of my favorite films. Michelle MacLaren once favorite west time I love the dark comedy in 'Breaking Bad.' Michelle MacLaren bad comedy dark love Graphic novels are such a visually creative world - it's really interesting what they can do in one sketch. Now I'm hooked. Michelle MacLaren sketch creative world interesting 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. Michelle MacLaren understand dark-side dark people The type of producing that I did for many years involved working very closely with directors. Michelle MacLaren did working very years 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. Michelle MacLaren you shooting time television 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. Michelle MacLaren never bad situation character Every character a writer creates has some of themselves in it somewhere. Michelle MacLaren somewhere every some character I've been very fortunate to have the opportunity to work on wonderful shows. Michelle MacLaren been work wonderful opportunity 'Breaking Bad' was a magical, amazing experience. I'm honored to have been a part of it. Michelle MacLaren amazing bad honored experience 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.' Michelle MacLaren step you god time 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. Michelle MacLaren i-am enjoy gun want I always say, 'I love producing, but directing is my passion,' and for a while, I had to produce to support my directing habit. Michelle MacLaren support passion habit love
