Bryan Cranston Quotes About Character

Quotes about: Character

• To me, character in a person is judged by the decisions that are made under pressure.

  Bryan Cranston

  Character, Decision, Pressure

• 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 you watch it because it's like, 'I'm comfortable, this is the same guy.'

  Bryan Cranston

  Character, Tv Shows, People

• When you play a non-fiction character it is more responsibility than when you are playing a fiction character because that person lived, and you do want to pay respect to that.

  Bryan Cranston

  Character, Responsibility, Play

• 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 well-written as 'Malcolm' was, and it would have to be a different kind of character than I played on that show. That's harder to come by. In drama, there were more opportunities, more options for me, and when I read ('Breaking Bad'), it was just, 'Good night, Nurse! I'm going after this sucker!'

  Bryan Cranston

  Good Night, Drama, Character

  Interview with Will Harris, www.bullz-eye.com. November 13, 2009.

• When you're directing an ongoing series, the tone has already been set. So a director will come in and fulfill that tone - reinforce the characters and their behavior. The challenge is to find unique ways that you can visually tell the story while keeping the established tone and the pace and the characters.

  Bryan Cranston

  Character, Unique, Challenges

  "Q&A – Bryan Cranston (Director)". AMC Interview, www.amc.com. March 2009.

• The more you humanize superhero characters, the more they're relatable. The more they have a vulnerable point, whether it's emotionally or their superpower, or whatever, we relate the superpower or the loss of a superpower to their emotions. It's just fun to walk through that.

  Bryan Cranston

  Fun, Character, Loss

  Source: collider.com

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