"A lot of actors come to the big city and say, “I’m going to try my luck for a year, see if I can make it,” and I say, “I can save you a year of your time,” because then this isn’t for you, this takes a lifetime.
I started in 1979 doing extra work… and one time someone said to me, “Do you want to audition? Come in and do it right now,” and you have to be prepared.
I was a working actor, doing well, paying my bills, living a middle-class life, and then I got lucky when I was 40 and got a part in “Malcolm in the Middle,” and when I was 50, I got even luckier when I got the part of Walter White in "Breaking Bad."
Everything came when it was supposed to, and that’s the interesting thing about luck - it doesn’t fit your plans, it has its own plans."
- Bryan Cranston on the value of perseverance.
If you expect me to say something...
For what purpose? To demonstrate my intelligence?
We don't usually give advice because we're smart, but because we've been stupid.