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Comedy can be destructive, and still very, very funny. But if I can do something that is fun to watch and critical of the world but not wantonly destructive.

Bob Odenkirk

We’re all real people with moments of intense honesty and pathos and humanity. We all experience that, whether you’re comedic or not.
BOB ODENKIRK

Honesty People Real
If you’re committed enough, you can make any story work. I once told a woman I was Kevin Costner, and it worked because I believed it.
BOB ODENKIRK

Enough Kevin Stories
I think everybody has a public persona. We all present ourselves.
BOB ODENKIRK

Everybody Persona Thinking
I think independent movies are actually very challenging right now, because it was this huge scene and it was great for a few years. Then, it was totally co-opted by the studios. Now, it’s become very corporate, the independent scene.
BOB ODENKIRK

Independent Thinking Years
I think that cable TV is a great venue to do something interesting.
BOB ODENKIRK

Interesting Television Thinking
You shouldn’t eat red meat, but you shouldn’t make resolutions you can’t keep.
BOB ODENKIRK

Meat Red Resolution
Comedy is tragedy plus timing.
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Comedy Timing Tragedy
The world needs less destruction.
BOB ODENKIRK

Destruction Needs World
You get to use everything you learned in movie business. You talk to actors, if you do it right – and I haven’t always done it right – you should be shaping the material all the time.
BOB ODENKIRK

Actors Done Use
I’m about to go to Sundance for my 3rd year, and Sundance has never felt like a real independent festival at all. On the other hand, it might to start feel that way.
BOB ODENKIRK

Hands Independent Real
When you’re 20 you can put a ton of old-age prosthetics on and be an old guy, but when you’re 70 you can’t play a 20-year-old.
BOB ODENKIRK

Guy Play Prosthetics Years
The alternative scene, for a couple years now, has been taken seriously and that’s a cool thing. I don’t think it’s exploded or anything, but I think it’s pretty cool that it still exists, it’s still affecting people.
BOB ODENKIRK

Couple Taken Thinking
If you surround me with darkness, suddenly, I am “somewhat fun.”
BOB ODENKIRK

Darkness Fun Surround
I pretty much live about 10 minutes from my office. I have two kids, and I have about 8 projects that I’m working on, so I basically just get up and go to work, and go home every night and play with my kids, so I don’t really know.
BOB ODENKIRK

Home Kids Night
When they’re doing a stupid role in a bad production, it’s kind of a dumb thing to do when you’re an adult. When you’re doing a great role that’s well-written, it’s an enviable job.
BOB ODENKIRK

Enviable Job Production Role
I don’t think the sketch on its own is a great sketch.
BOB ODENKIRK

Own Sketch Thinking

Comedy can be destructive, and still very, very funny. But if I can do something that is fun to watch and critical of the world but not wantonly destructive.

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Comedy can be destructive, and still very, very funny. But if I can do something that is fun to watch and critical of the world but not wantonly destructive.

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