It's dangerous to get calm. You need some nerves to work from, it's good energy. It's not good to have no nerves. You'd fall asleep on stage. Bob Odenkirk More Quotes by Bob Odenkirk More Quotes From Bob Odenkirk I think that acting is no fun unless it's hard. I'm not titillated by acting or being an actor unless I have to work hard. Bob Odenkirk hard-work fun thinking Not to knock the people who've given me the opportunity; I appreciate all the opportunities I've gotten, but one of the things I think I really learned from the features I got to direct is that your job as a director is everything about the movie. It's to pick a story that's really worth making, and make sure that the basic components are there. You're not just a part of the team. You're really in charge, and the responsibility falls on you if all the components aren't there for a worthwhile film. Bob Odenkirk team responsibility fall I pretty much read reviews and comments only looking for the negative. Literally, when I read positive comments, it's like a zero. I think the issue is if you agree with it or not. Bob Odenkirk issues zero thinking With acting, if a friend asked me to be in a movie or TV show, there's a lot of things on my résumé I did without reading them or knowing what they were. I just said I'd do that because a friend wrote it, directed, produced, acted in it. With directing, I'm sticking to my guns, not that a lot of people are begging me to direct. Bob Odenkirk tv-shows gun reading I love any scene where there's a physical confrontation. It reminds me that I'm in show business and I play pretend for a living. Bob Odenkirk confrontation scene play You can't guarantee that you'll make a great movie, but you can make a greater effort than I made at trying to see that the basics are there. Bob Odenkirk effort trying All people are sad clowns. That's the key to comedy - and it's a buffer against reality. Bob Odenkirk comedy sad reality people I did often wonder how relatable of a story it was when we started 'Better Call Saul.' It's such a unique character with a unique journey. But the universal drive of trying to earn respect from the people you love and not being able to do that is a common struggle for a lot of people. Bob Odenkirk respect journey love character There's timing in drama. You have to have a sense of rhythm. But the real thing that lends yourself to drama as opposed to comedy is a sense from the audience of whether there's more to it than you can see. Bob Odenkirk yourself see you comedy You make you work for yourself. It's the feeling of, 'If nobody ever saw it, that'd be fine, too.' Bob Odenkirk yourself feeling you work 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. Bob Odenkirk sketch comedy experience drama I can't really say how big the cult is. But I'm proud of it. I'm proud that it has a life. Bob Odenkirk say big proud life David and I got cut out the editing process on that. We were able to affect it more than not. We sent in our notes, we were able to see cuts. We weren't allowed to see dailies and we weren't allowed to sit in the editing room and just work. Bob Odenkirk see process editing work When I go to M Bar there's all kinds of agents there, looking for people who doing good stuff. Bob Odenkirk looking doing good people 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. Bob Odenkirk look you long people In America, we can reinvent ourselves - we're encouraged to. Bob Odenkirk encouraged reinvent ourselves america I love writing comedy and being a part of it, but as a visual, physical presence in a story, I probably am more impactful in drama. It's not really a tribute to my dexterity and wide-ranging talent so much as it is a person finally getting to where they should've been from the start. Bob Odenkirk start comedy talent love 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. Bob Odenkirk me man love funny I went to New York in '87 to write for 'Saturday Night Live.' Bob Odenkirk live new saturday night 'Monty Python' became my religion when I was 10. It led me out of the depths of darkness. I loved 'The Goodies,' too, and 'The Two Ronnies.' I watched those shows on the public television station in Chicago. Bob Odenkirk loved me darkness religion
